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BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1924.
VOLUME XLVHL
A DISTINGUISHED VISITOR 2
YEARS AGO, M’CRAY IS
NOW CONVICT 17,'
Reynolds, Ga.
CONTESTING REPUBLICAN DEL-
EGATIONS TO PLAY LEAD
ROLES, 'WHITES VS. BLACKf
TAN.
Macon, May 2.—Andrew B. Nowell
young white man, was shot through
the ab3omen early Friday ’' morning
by B. O. Partin, shoe salesman,
when Partin mistook Nowell for a
burglar trying tor gain entrance to
his home. The bullet pierced Now
ell’s liver.
At the time of the shooting, Now
ell was fumbling at the front door
of the Partin home, the latter says..
Partin was arrested shortly after
ward, but was released otj_ bail.
Nowell claims he went to the
apartment to see Mrs. O. T. Lawson
Mr. E. H. Payne and family, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A, Payne, Mrs. R. A.
Jones and little daughter, Frances,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W-
A. Payne.
' ” Keys of Wisdom.
Teach a man to read and write,
you have put .into his hands the g
keys of the wisdom box.—Huxley.
NUMBER 24.
FRIDAY, MAY 9
“THE YOUNG RAJAH”
With Rudolph Valentino sup
ported by large cast of stars-. A
Paramount Picture. A picture far
superior to “The Sheik” with
beautiful scenes and wonderful
action. Addedi Attraction:
“The Way of Man.”
■ A Chapter Picture, but each
.chapter complete within itself.
Story by author of “The Covered
Wagon,” Emerson Hough. A pic
ture full of action that you will
like.
ADMISSION 15c & 35c
SATURDAY, MAY 10
‘THE YOUNG RAJAH”
A Paramount Picture with Ru
dolph Valentino. A picture of
high class entertainment from
start to finish, with thrills of per
forming and beautiful scenes.
Added attraction:
‘RUTH OF THE RANGE’ No. 15
(This is the concluding Chapter
of this serial picture.)
ADMISSION 15c & 35c
Doors open 7:30, Picture 8:15
TAKES OWN LIFE
E. T, RICE, PROMINENT UPSON
FARMER, COMMITS SUICIDE.
Thomaston, Ga., May 5.—E. T,
Rice, prominent farmer of tfpson
County, committed suicide early Sat
urday night at his home near Thom
aston, by shooting himself thru the
temple. Ill health is supposed to
have been the motive. Mr. Rice drew
his will May 1, and this is thought
to be indicative of set plans for the
suicide.
Survivors included three sons, E.
T., Zack and C. W. Rice; three
daughters, Mrs. J. W. Dently, Mrs.
T. R. McKinley and Mrs. J C Boy
ers, all of Thomaston.
LEG BROKEN IN ACCIDENT
MRS. E. N. HOBBS, OF OGLE
THORPE. SUSTAINS INJURY.
Montezuma, May 5—Mrs. E. N.
susta
itomo
broken leg when the automobile in
which she was riding turned over 5
miles north of Montezuma Monday.
In the car with Mrs. Hobbs at the
time of the accident were her two
small children and grown sons, Joe
and Fred, all of whom were unhurt.
Fred who was driving’ lost control
of the car, which lan into an em
bankment, overturning. Mrs. Hobb’s
limb was badly crushed and phy
sicians fear amputation will be neces
sary.
BANKRUPT SALE.
GEORGIA, Taylor County:
Pursuant to an order granted by
the Honorable Wm de L. Worsley,
Referee in Bankruptcy, will be sold
on Saturday May 10, 1924, at 10:30
o’clock A. M. the following proper
ty, to-wit: The Stock of .Merchan
dise and Fixtures, Notes and Ac
counts, of the Smith Grocery Com
pany. Said sale will be held at the
store house formerly occupied by
Lois Smith, in Butler Ga.
The highest bidder will be re
quired to deposit ten per cent of his
bid with the Trustee, subject to the
. confirmation or rejection of the
Referee: y
Thisv’filay.fith, 1924.
H,' *} WALLACE, Trustee,
SMITH GROCERY CO.
FROM GOVERNOR TO PRISONER
IN 36 HOURS IS HIS TOBOG
GAN PACE BEGINS 10-YEAR
SENTENCE.
Atlanta, May 2.—Two years ago,
Governor Warrant T. McCray was
a distinguished vistor to Atlanta
when he attended the Southeastern
Fair here in personal charge of an
exhibit of fine cattle from one of
his farms. He departed happy with
many blue ribbins.
Today, he is just one of more
than 2,000 inmates of the federal
penitentiary.
'Within the brief span of 36 hours,
he was, changed from governor to
convict.
The metamorphosis was made
complete yesterday when the great
iron gates of the prison clanged be
hind him. Inside, he was bathed, as
signed a cell and a regulation blue
denim uniform—and became simply
“No 17,746.”
Former Governor McCray arrived
by train yesterday from Indianap
olis with a large party of federal
prisoners, to begin serving a ten-
year sentence for using the mails to
defraud. A forced jovial mood to
cover the nervous strain under
which he was laboring was appar
ent in the crowded station but he
later greeted newspapermen and a
few of his friends warmly.
At the prison, there were no for
malities. He was received just as
any ordinary prisoner is admitted
To outsiders, there was nothing
dramatic about his entry through'
the penitentiary gates. He did not
look back nor did he realize, per
haps, that the guard who admitted
him was-a native of Indiana.
His only statement was: “I will
enter upon the new situation with
courage and confidence, fully con
scious of my innocence of any
wrong doing.”
“Georgia’s “BShutiful. I don’t think
I ever saw a prettier spring. The
trees are gorgeous and the signs of
life are enough to put pep in any
man. Maybe, when I get thru out
there, Ml settle down in Georgia,
and make it' my home. Who
knows?”
This was former Gov. McCrary’s
statement.
DONOR FORWARDS
NEWSPAPER TROPHY
WILL BE BESTOWED AT NEXT
GEORGIA PRESS CONVENTION.
NOTICE
If anyone has trucks or cars
standing idle and expect to use
them during peach' season you must
get tags for them to begin with or I
not except any excuse at all. It is
hoped that all'concerned will take
due notice and be governed accord
ingly as by so doing you will avoid
any delay when peach season opens.
R. P. McGUFFIN, Sheriff.
Wm. G. Sutlive, past president of
the Georgia Press Association, has
forwarded, to Charles D. Rountree
of Wrightsville, president of the as
sociation, a silver trophy which he
donated to the association at Its
last annual meeting. It is the idea
of the donor that the trophy be be
stowed each year "at the annual con
vention upon the newspaper which
has done the most distinctive public
work during the preceding yeai\ Jno.
D. McCartney of Savannah is chair
man of the committee to arrange
the rules under which the - trophy-
shall be awarded. The trophy is in
scribed on the bowl:
Award For Service
Presented Through The
Georgia Press Association
To the Newspaper That Achieves.
On the base is inscribed:
“The Sutlive ,Trophy.”
TARES OWN LIFE
Vienna, Ga., May 6—Luther Cook
of near Tippettville, died in. jail at
Vienna of the effects of a dose of
poison he took when Deputy" Sheriff
Prater went to his home to arrest
him Friday.
The officer said Cook requested to
be allowed before leaving to go into
the kitchen and wash his hands. It
was then, Prater presumes, that , his
prisoner swallowed the poison.
Charges of passing a worthless
check had been placed against Cook
and Gainesville, Fla., authorities had
asked that he be held for. them, also
on other charges.
The body was turned over to Cook’S
family for burial.
Atlantaj May 1.—The contesting
Republican delegations from Geor
gia^ in the national Republican con
vention at Cleveland will supply
plenty of interest to those who like
to Watch proceedings of political
bodies. The stage has been set for a
hot fight between the lily whites of
Georgia and the black and tans of
the state.
Phillips Endorsed.
If J.‘ L. Phillips takes his place at
the head of the Georgia delegation
Df lily whites at Cleveland, he is go
ing to find himself very strongly op
posed by Henry Lincoln Johnson,
the, negro national committeeman
and those who are behind him in the
fight to keep the control of the
party in Georgia in the hands of
the faction he" represents.
The lily white convention not only
named Phillips as national commit
teeman, but adopted resolution ex
pressing confidence in his integrity
and his honesty. Mrs. G. R. Tillman
was named national committeewo-
man.
Negro Selections.
The negro Republicans chose Hen
ry Lincoln Johnson and Mamie Wil
liams, the latter a negro woman, as
emmitteeman and eommitteewoman,
respectively, and selected delegates
to the convention, for whom seats
will be sought.
Those , who keep an eye on politi
cal affairs are of the opinion that
the negro Republicans ^will/be seatei
at Cleveland because there is
much at stake to the party in other
sections than in theSouth.If Johnson
and his crowd can make any sort of
showing indirating their regularity
it will be difficult to prevent their
being seated in Cleveland.
Very Careful.
That the lily whites realized this
was shown by the carefulness of
their - preparations and the minute
attention given to every detail of or
ganization. A stenographer was em
ployed to take the record down-They
want to go to Cleveland and before
the committee which will hear .the
contest backed by every possible evi
dence of regularity.
Hard Time Ahead.
That the white element is going to
have a hard time in getting before
the convention and onto the floor of
the meeting is believed here because
of the importance of the negro vote
in pivotal states like Indiana, Ohio,
Illinois, Michigan and some of
Eastern states^
the influx of negroes from'*'the
South into these states has made it
more important to the Republicans
they not offend them in iny way.
•This will be one of the controlling
factors in ^determining this impor
tant question.
The friendliness of the President
to negroes is well known. It has
been shown in his appointments
the South, particularly in New Or
leans. There -are many more white
Republicans in Louisiana more than
in Georgia, and they could not stop
a negro getting one of the best fed
eral jobs there.
A very important school election,
we are informed, will be held ’ May
15th in the proposed Howard school
district, for and against local tax
BLACKf for school purposes, and the election
of Trustees for the district in the
fevent the local tax system - is ap
proved by a majority of the voters
voting in said election.
This progressive movement in the
Interest of better school facilities in
bur neighbor village is gratifying to
friends throughout the county, who
sincerely hope that the new system,
—hich hue worked so admirably in
other sections of the county, will be
accepted at Howard.
Certainly adequate provision for
education is a price requisite from
the point of view of the home. The
home means children, and children
demand the best of school advan
tages. A community which claims to
offer unique advantages to home-
lovers must possess not average but
superlative school faeilities.Whatever
else is stinted, the school must be well
cared for. those who today assume
responsibility for thes chool cannot
exactly see the form that will be as
sumed a quarter of a century hence,
but it rests upon their shoulders to
hasten or seriously impede the bril
liant educational future in the -com
munity.
Let the patrons and friends of the
Howard school build with their best
wisdom and liberality, and the his
torians of the future will look well
after the records.
A saying of Confucius bids us
take the future .as our counseller
and do today's duty in the light of
future possibilities.
It will be a genuine pleasure to
knovr that Howard district has in
dorsed tbe local tax systems, which
will insure the community better
school facilities. Those who have
ice tried Tt have never Considered
ming backward. —
Court Order Against
flail loam Modi
REYNOLDS HIGH BOYS WILL BE
PERMTTED TO PLAY GAMES
SCHEDULED; LAWYERS AT
COLUMBUS ON TAYLOR COURT
MATTERS.
Columbus, Ga., May 4.—On appli
cation presented by Jerry Moore, of
Montezuma, Judge Geo. P, Munro
modified the restraining order grant
ed a few days ago by him against
the eRynolds baseball club, prohibit
ing them from playing on a certain
'lot at Reynolds against the objection
of citizens living in close proximity
to the diamond.
By the modification granted the
club, which is understood to be made
up mainly of high school boys, will
be permitted to play games that are
scheduled with H awkinsville and
other High school teams. The case
on the question of permanent
junction is set for argument next
Saturday.
Besides Mr. Moore, there were
number of visiting lawyers in Co
lumbus on chamber matters before
Jijdge Munro from the Taylor coun
ty superior court, among them being
Gilbert Robinson, of Montezuma
Homer Beeland, of Reynolds; C. W.
Foy, H. P. Wallace and W. E. Steed
of Butler.
WHITE-ROBED NEGROES TO
PRAY BEFORE CONVENTION
Prayers' will be said by a delega
tion of negroes dressed in white" and
assembled before the halls in which
the democratic and republican con
ventions are to be held on the open
ing days in New York and Cleve
land. It is hoped that the. prayers
will have a good effect on the choic
es to be made by the two conven
tions. The prayers will be broadcast
by radio.
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE
The second quarterly conference
for the Butler Methodist church was
held Sunday night, presided over by
Rev. W. Langston, prebiding elder
who also preached a very consc
tious, forceful and impressive ser-
nlOD to a large congregation.
The reports by the pastor and de
partmental heads were of a most
encouraging nature, showing much
progress in all church activities.
Rev. Langston left Monday for
Reynolds where he preached that
evening and held quarterly confer
ence for the Reynolds Methodist
Church.
This is Rev. Langston's first year
as presiding elder of the Columbus
district, and the people of. this sec
tion are highly, pleased with him.
MISTAKEN FOR BURGLAR
YOUNG MACON MAN
IS CRITICALLY WOUNDED
Local Talent
Auditorium
Thursday Night, May 8th
8 o’clock
In the interest of the P. T. A.
Come and Enjoy yourself.
Admission: Adults 25c;
ren under 12, 15c,
Child-
FEW DAYS OF 6RA0E AL
LOWED BY TAX RECEIVED
Although the state and county tax
books were due to close May 1st,
Tax Receiver Cooper has extended
the time through this week to avoid
delinquents when the books are turn
ed over.’ Mr. Cooper reports that a
number of property owners in the
county have not yet made returns,
and requests that they see him this
week.
Property is being given in at prac
tically the same valuation as last
year, so the digest, when completed,
will show»» approximately the same
total values as in 1923
SICKNESS OF JUDGE RILEY
PREVENTED HOLDING OF
ORDINARY’S COURT MON.
On account of the illness of Judge
Riley the regular session of Ordina
ry’s Court was not held Monday,
all matters pending therein being
carried over to the June term of
Court.
The illness of Judge Riley, while
not critical is a matter of sincere
regret to his numerous friends, who
wish for him a speedy recovery.
WHIT SEARCY, COLORED,
LOSES ARM AT SAWMILL
Dr. W. W. Edwards was summon
ed to Rupert Thursday to assist Dr-
Lester Lightner in amputatin the
right arm and dressing a number of
serious wounds received by Whit
Searcy, colored, as a result of a fall
against the saw while in motion at
Harvey’s saw mill where the negro
was employed.
Fears that were first entertained
that the negro might not recover
have been abandoned, and from the
the attention he is receiving from
the physicians his condition is now
regarded as being out of danger.
TWENTY PER CENT INTEREST
AGAINST TAX DEFAULTERS
From May 1st, under the law,
those who have not paid their State
and County Ta^es for 1923, are re
quired to pay 20% interest on all
unpaid taxes.
It is also a matter of interest that
those who are in default after May
cannot vote in the State and Nation
al elections this fall. The law pro
vides that, in order to vote, all tax
es must be paid six months prior to
the election.
ATTRACTIVE SCHOOL
BUILDING FOR COLORED
PUPILS IN BUTLER
for
Biker's new school building
the colored boys and girls is now
nearing completion and is one of the
best arranged and most attractive
structures found in any town its size
in the State. The erection of the
building" has been under the direc
tion of the Trustees of Butler
School district, their services being
greatly appreciated by the colored
tax payers and patrons of the
school.
When completed the building
be an attractive addition to
colored section of Butler.
will
the
ONE KILLED, ONE HURT
WHEN AUTO OVERTURNS
NEAR MARSHALLVILLE
Marshallville, Ga., May 3.—Rr P-
Fredrick, prominent Marshallville
merchant, was instantly killed and
F. P. Baldwin,'also of this places
was badly injured Friday night ^hen
the automobile in which they Were
riding overturned two miles south of
Marshallville tumbling into a branch
10 feet- below the road and pining
them both underneath.
TJie men remained under the car
for nearly three hours before pass-
ersby heard Mr. Baldwin’s cries for''
help and came to his pssistapye. Mr.
Baldwin was nearly suffocated, but
escaped with a badly sprained bad:
and minor bruises.