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NUMBER 50.
Yaughns Break |
Crawford JaiL
Coolidge Wins
By Millions
ONE CONVICTED, OTHER IN
DICTED IN ARSON CASEJHELP
GIVEN FROM OUTSIDE.
LAYERS OF MR. H. F. UNDER
WOOD \H A VE READ TO THEM
THE SECOND TIME THE
DEATH .SENTENCE. STILL
CLING TO HOPE.
EIGHT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
TO CONSTITUTION RATIFIED.
WALKER WINS BY BIG VOTE.
the Associated Press dispatches from
New York Wednesday night! Contin
uing the Associated Press^ says:
“The returns continued,to show that
President Coolidge would have at
least 100 votes to spare in the elec-
torial college and the largest popular
plurality in history.
“The "showing made by John W.
Davis, remained unchanged, through
out the day and although Senator La
Follette began to creep up a little in
one or two western states, there was
no certainty tonight that he would
receive the Rectorial vote of any
State group except that of Wiscon
sin.
“On the face of_£he day’s-congres
sional returns the Republicans made-
certain of a paper majority, at least
in both Senate and House, but doubt
remained whether the margin would
be great enough' W give the adminis
tration the whip hand over the com-
Democrats
FRIDAY, NOV. 7
•THE SHOOTING OF
DA?} McGREW”
With Barbara LaMarr and Lew
Cody, Mae Busch and Percy Mar-
ment. “The Shooting of Dan Mc
Grew” is probably the best known
poem in American histdry. I wish
to assure you the picture comes
highly recommended and will
please you from start to finish.
The moonlight on the South Seas
the bright lights of New York
and the Arctic lights of the far
North. The poem is immortal ana
so is the photoplay. Added attrac
tion, A Comedy that you will en
joy: .
“WALL STREET BLUES”
Admission 15c & 35c
Macon, Nov. 3:—Tom Yaughn and
his brother, Bob, broke jail at Knox
ville, Crawford County, early Sun- , Attota, Nov. 5.—Georgia gave'
, . , John W. Davis, Democratic Fresiden-
day morning according to reports-.. . ,.
,. . tial nominee, a landslide over his op-
reaching Macon Sunday night. ;p0 nents and ratified eight proposed
The men are said to have obtained amendmests to the State Constitu-
assistance from^the outside. Police, tion in Tuesday’s general election,
and sheriffs of other counties were' The electors also re-elected Gov.
notified to be on the lookout for the Walker Democrat, over H.B.
nrimners * Ea y lor > independent, by a large vote
'. . jand sent United State Senator Wm.
The missing men are accused of j Harris> mopj)OSedi back to ^
burning bams on -the farm of a cou- | pos t in Washington. Twelve Demo-
sin, Homer Yaughn. A third brother j cratic Congressmen were elected.
Moultrie, -is under indictment in the i Only two of these were opposed and
same case * * jthey easily defeated their opponents.
Tom Yaughn was tried a few days!, f™m 1.627 precincts of a
ago and convicted, being sentenced ' of approximately 1,735 m the
to serve thriteen years on the chain- (State, gave Mn*111,430 votes as
,. . _ compared with 27,751 for Coolidge.
gang. He.-had given, notice of ap- T „ .
id j-„ .- ,, ___„i Republican; 10,362 for La Follette,
peal. Pending action on the appeal _ f ■ ’ ’ .. . .
v ® . ... , , Independent; 92 for Nations, Amen-
he was. taken to jail, where hiS' , , ’ . _ . _ ’......
Knh also was confined. CaD ’ and 127 f ° r FanS ’ P^ohlbltion-
After five hours deliberation the
jury at 10:45 Friday night returned
a verdict against O. G. McCants,
former cashier of the Butler Bank
ing Company, placing his sentence at
four to six years in the penitentiary
on the charge of embezzlement.'Ver
dicts of not guilty were returned in
the 'forgery and false entry cases
for which' McCants was also indicted
Judge George P.\ Munro, in his
charge to the jury, excluded from
its consideration the testimony -con
cerning the false entry charges ex
cept insofar as it related to the em
bezzlement.
McCants, in his statement Friday
afternoon, admitted misappropriating
funds of the bank and asserted that
the money was given to his brother,
the late J J McCants. tax collector,
who was in financial straits. *The
Taylor county tax collector, commit
ted suicide July the 20th last, the
cashier being arrested a short , time
later. He was tried ' last week on
charges of embezzlement, forgery
and making false entries on the
bank records. His shortage was al
leged to have been approximately
$30,000. The defendant deified his
guilt in connection with the forgery
charge.
Virtually pleading guilty, the de
fendant, on the stand, appealed to
the jury for leniency. He made
known his desire to serve his sen-
At 1:80 Friday afternoon Willie
Jones, ifhose mother gives his age at
15 year* on Dec. 19th last, and Ger-
vis Bloodworth, who says he was 17
years qld on the 20th of September,
stood before the bar of justice, in
the Superior court room of the Tay
lor county court, house, and without
a quiver or the shedding of a . tear,
heard for the second time the read
ing of an order that they shall be
hanged by the neck until dead.
Judge Geo. P. Munro, presiding, sen-,
tenced them to die on the gallows, at
Taylor county jail here November 28
between the hours of 10:00 in the
morning-and 2:00 in the afternoon.
They were sentenced to pay the pen
alty for the slaying December 3rd,
1923, of H. F. Underwood, a promi
nent citizen of Taylor county and
medicine salesman. They were re-
sentenced following the refusal of
*be supreme court to grant th
rew trial.
The boys were brought to Butler
from the. Muscogee county jail where
they have been confined since their
arrest shortly after the crime was
committed; in charge of Muscogee
Deputy Sheriffs W. B Lamb and C.
C Layfield arriving about 1:00, and
were taken immediately to Sheriff
McGuflin’s- office where the most
touching scene was enacted. Willie’s
mother and father were there.. The
mother took her son in her arms.
The father also embraced him. Tears
were- shed. The mother sobbed a
prayer for her son. All of Willie’s
brothers were present. They were,
Homer, Jim, Davis, Bryant and Paul.
The -wives ,of Homer and Jim Jones
were also present.'
The court room was packed when
the young. men. neatly attired .and
well dressed appeared before Judge
Munro. Asked if they had anything
to say before, passing sentence both
defendants answered in the negative.
Willie’s sentence was the first to
be imposed. He fastened his eyes on
Judge Munro and kept them there
during the entire time the judge was
reading the order that sentenced him
to die four weeks later.
Gervis listened attentively to his.
sentence, which was identical to the
one- he had heard read to his pal.
Occasionally his gaze was taken off
Judge Munro- and looked at the
floqr.
SATURDAY, NOV. 8 -
"THE SHOOTING OF ~
DAN McGREW”
In presenting this photoplay 1
wish to state that this picture
comes with he highes entertain
ment value of any I have receiv
ed. You wont be disappointed in,
“The Shooting of Dan McGrew.”
Don’t miss it. Added attraction,
' “The 40th Door” Chapter No. 9
Admission, 15c & 35c
mouicne is unaor wnu. an. . . , , „ . ,
_ v These returns include official con-
Samson Yaughn, brought back I ... ,. , .. _ ,
, ... ,, , , sobdations of many counties. Cool-
from Caruthersville, Mo., and who had onl two Geor?ia co ^ nties
was confined in _the B*b county jml |n hig c wbile La | 0lIette hs a
for safekeeping, has been given his M the ^ of these returns .
ree 01tt " j Pickens and Haralson, which nor-
mally poll a large Republican vote,
MACON TO INVITE ! were the counties. *
METHODIST CONFERENCE j ln the governor’s race, returns
; from 1,424 precincts showed Govern-
Macon, Nov. 3.—Mulberry Street; or Wa]ker bad n7 932 voteSj wh ; le
Methodist Church Sunday formally ' Baylor had 4,091.
extended an invitation to the South! ^ ese same 1>424 p r ec incts gave
Georgia Conference to hold its 1925 - , amendment to create the County
session in that church. The invifction i of peach votes for and 25,-
will be presented to the conference [ 522 against The amendment to pro-
at the coming session to be held m lvide for biennial sessions of the
Bambridge, with a strong appeal that Legislature, instead of annual meet-
it be accepted. |ings as at present, received 66,040
This invitation follows similar ac- f avorab i e ballots to 15,230 unfavor-
tion on the part of other church ab j e> v
bodies of Macon taken during the
last few weeks. * boss JONES STATE
A special reason assigned the SUPERINTENDENT OF
congregation . of Mulberr> street g. OF P> INSURANCE
bined opposition of the
and the La Follette bloc.’
O fficial Returns
Picture -6n Screen Promptly 7:30
Doors Open 6:45.
Official consolidated returns in
Taylor county as the result of Tues
day’s election shows as follows:
For President—Davis, 370; Cool
idge 96; La Follette, 20.
For Governor—Walker, 434; Bay
lor 21.
State House and County officers
457 to 487.
U. S? Senator—W. J Harris, 431.
Congressman from Third District
—Chas R. Crisp 466.
Constitutional Amendments:
For Peach County 301; against,
Coming: “Man Life Passed,” Nov.
14' and 15.
Coming: “The Covered Wagon,”
Nov. 20, 21 and 22.
JURORS FOR APRIL TERM
TAYLOR SUPERIOR COURT
For Biennial Sessions, 266; against
Grand Inner Guard, Boss H. Jones
of the Knights of Pythias of Geor
gia has been recently made State
Superintendent of the Insurance De
partment of Georgia vice Mr. H.
Cronheim resigned. The appointment
was made by Mr E. L. Fuson, of the
home office at Indianapolis, Ind., and
Mr. Jones has begun active work in
his new position:
Mr- Jones Will open an office in
_ , „ _t an early date and will
Butler Banking Company has hggjn an active campaign in his line.
J ■* * ** J ln For a number of years Mr. Jones lias
had charge of this work in this'sec-
jtion of the state and his recent ap-
* pointment is quite a • compliment to
•his ability, as an insurance man. His
new position he has about 75 men
under him and the- headquarters will
be in Waynesboro. x
The Citizen congratulates Mr
Jones and Waynesboro upon secur
ing the state agency, and wishes him
great success in his new position—
Waynesboro True Citizen.
For Brunswick Bonds, 221; against
129.
For Manufacturers’ Exemption,
198; against 142.
For Tax Rec. and Col. Consolida
tion, 229; against, 132.
For City-County Government, 197
against, 125.
For Coast Paving, 210; -against,
130.
For Savannah Bonds, 202; against
122. , ~
The vote polled in the county was
the lightest in recent years.
had been like a father to me, was
tax collector of Taylor county and
for many years had enjoyed the con
fidence and respect of almost every
man in the county. He began to
speculate in the spring of 1923 and
made a little money from it. In
the fall he started speculating again
and lost considerable money. The
first I knew of it was when he came
to me and told me of his losses,
and that he would be ruined utterly
unless I could help him.
“I refused to do this and continued
to refuse until he came back again
in desparate straits and fceg&ed me
for the nanie of our father and our
gray-haired mother to come to his as
sistance and help him pull out of
the hole. Even then I refused to do
it, but when I went home that night
and my little children climbed
up in my lap I began to think of
him and his ittle children at home
together and how they would be dis
graced by his exposure and prose
cution; and when I finally thought
NOTICE TO DEPOSITORS
BUTLER BANKING CO.
A meeting of all depositors of the the city at
the F ~ _ - ----
been called for next Monday at'10
o’clock at the bank by the officials of
said bank.
As this meeting is df importance
to all persons- bavu^pf money on de-.
posit in said banket is urged that
all depositors be present or be rep-:
resented by a legal representative.
L. E Mitchell,
J. H Dunlap,
W. T. Saunders,
J T. Parker,
M E. Wright,
C. P Seay,
J. G. Hill,
J Frank Peterman
W. M. Hill,
R. A Royal
W C Childs,
T M. Barrow,
Geo. L. Windham,
S J. Huesy,
D W. Payne.
The boys are hoping and praying
for another chance, they said; “But
m the event we fail we are prepared
to face the future,” they added. They
have confidence that their attorney,
Homer Beeland, who made a hard
feght for them, will continue his ef
forts in their "behalf taken their case
to the prison board and then to the
Governor;
Before re-sentencing the young
men.to die their attorney, Col. Bee-
land, moved .that the serftente be set
aside questioning the authority of
the court to impose a penalty . of
death by any cause, which was over
rated by Judge Munro. The supreme
court will not be called on to . pass
uppn this motion it is ^thought.
The following is a copy of the
sentence imposed on Jones and is
idoTitiral to the one imposed on
Thomaston Fire
WAREHOUSE AND GIN PLANT
OF LEE MILLING COMPANY
BURNED SATURDAY.
A CORRECTION
days so fair, serene; as you pass we
pause, regretful" that a month so un
forge tful can not span the changing
seasons with its hopeful, helpful
mein. ,-
Seems to me that every season
with a'ready, rhythmic reason, bends
above theefair October, just to kiss
thy placid brow; that with compre
hended duty they bedeck you with
their^beauty, that they fill you with
their fragrance and their symmetry
somehow; that the earth and sky and
waters are your ovn chivalric daugh
ters, that their every whim" and ca
price is" attuned to ybur desirts; that
the glowing .form. Of nature has
evolved a’ nomenclature that en-
immortal and lends
UNION SPRINGS
Roberta, Ga., 10-15-’24.
State News Editor,
Macon Telegraph, Macon. Ga.
Dear §ir: ■?'*'
In Tuesday’s issue of your- paper,
there appeared an article in refer
ence to tiie accident on the Southern
| Railway at this point in which Con-
iductor Dingier lost his life. In this
article the statement was made by
your correspondent that the body
of Mr. Dingier remained upon the
track from 4:10 to 6:00 in its man
gled condition. This was a mistake
and one that I feel quite rare your
correspondent would be glad to have
I was on the ground, at
Union Springs, Ala., Oct. 31.—The
Union Springs and Montgomery fire
departments Friday morning checked
the, flames which broke out at Union
Springs Thursday night and estimat
ed the loss :at §150,000. The South-
'em Cotton Oil Company, the Birm
ingham and Southeastern railroad
station, Union Springs Compress
company and a residence owned by
R. W. West were destroyed.
The plant of the Southern Cotton
Oil company,- valued at nearly
§100,000 was virtually a complete
loss. Several hundred tons of cotton
seed worth thousands of dollars,
were also destroyed. The Birming
ham and Southeastern depot, which
was also burned, was valued at ap
proximately §10,0.00, and a passenger
coach, was consumed in the aames.
him have other sums at various
times, almost up to the time of his
death.
“I will , state now that I personally
never used a dollar of the money
belonging to the bank for niy own
benefit. I never received any benefit
from any of it. And I nave now, not
one. cent belonging to the Butler
Banking Company.
“As the time for his settlement
with the county drew near he kpew
that disclosure of his shortage was
imminent. He realized that he had
involved me in his efforts to make
good his losses, and he eduld not
stand the*, strain—so he killed him
self. '
“I know that I should have called
the bank officers together immediate-
corrected. _
the time the accident happened.-Mr. -
Dingler’s body was removed at once
from under the wheels of. the car arid ■;
placed upon the express truck ant
covered with a sheet and carried im
front of the waiting rooms wherp.it '
remained for just. a few ' moments .
and then was carried to the - ua&r- ^
taking establishment of Mr. J. F-
Webb of that place. The statement'' -
referred to I think does an injustice
to the good people of RobertaJa^Sl^
the officers of the Southerh "Railway
Company and I know that it will be
shrines you as
incense to your fires.
Fair October, you are leaving and
your subjects are all grieving, but
you leave behind a storehouse that is
CIYITANp HEARD
♦ ATLANTA SPEAKERS
Civitan Club members heard splen
did addresses Monday night at the
school auditorium by Messrs Meth-
vin and Whittaker, of Atlanta, on
the subject of affilliation with the
National and State organization.
The local dub bids fair to become
one of the most active organizations,
in thd State and plans for business
and civic improvements in Butler are
well planned.
The visitors were entertained at a
deligb$ful luncheon at the West Ho
tel Monday evening.
wondrous to behold, in all hearts is
trefced the .story of' your;efforescent
glory, of your dawns and days and
sunsets—of' your, beauties manifold.
In the Future’s musing hours we will
see again the flowers and we’ll .view
again the purple and the crimson of
ydur sides; then .we’ll, watfh the
starlight streaming through a land;
that smiles in dieammg of the/lqve j
ihignment and entered a plea of not
guilty. Thereupon, came a jury of
good and lawful men, to-wit.:'J. T.
Parker, foreman/and eleven- electors
who were each duly sworn and em-
panelled to try.'the issue raised be
tween the stiitefand the accused. The
Qiniiers Report
There were 5,915 bales of cotton
ginned in Taylor County, from the
crop of 1924 prior to October 18,
1924. as compared . with 4,538 baleB
ginned to "October 18; 1923.
and light and lodging' in your opal- ; the com
escent eyes!—Ernest Camp, "Mohrim,
(Continued To