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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, AUGUST 28, 1930.
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News Summary.
The season for shooting cloves
Georgia opens next Monday.
Allen F. McDaniel, 65, well-known
rhojnaston citizen, died yesterday.
Congressman Crisp has wired the
MELTON NAMES FIFTY-
NINE MEN WHO
“RULE” GEORGIA
The new degree, “Georgia Planter”
has recently teen bestowed on Chas.
Thomas, son of 'Mr. Jol Thomas, who
resides near Lavonia. Charles was one
1 1 of 15 Georgia boys to be awarded the
degree.
The first fist fight of record this
year resulting from “overheating” po-
S’ sSSllS&S
S^at 1 le e ast° P 10c th p e er an pound 01 'on prominent Lyons attorney,
cotton. The Atlanta Federation of Trades
throug^the West The e R^v ded J Hju UbMDayroleb^on in yea^ltaces pa gV column, “Good Evening,” in
ISd of Augusta declares that and firework » tjisplays at Lakewood . he discusses local and state af-
crons in (Lonrfaare better than any aad a ! 1 ' umnl0 , th P amde > P al ;M cl P utcd fairs. It is inthis column
crops in ueorgia are oeuir man any jn by thousands, are being discussed. !nates t h e 59 “rulers.”
Southwest Georgians ought to get
he has seen.
Griffin, Ga., Aug 23.—Quimby Mel-
ton, editor of the Griffm News, has
selected 69 men who "rule” Georgia.
The list includes bankers, newspaper
men, manufacturers,teachers, preach
ers, und others prominent in the state;
Mr. Melton conducts a daily front
that he nom-
| m Mr. Melton’s
selections came as the result of the
home at Americas. according to The Albany Herald.
„ . ... |j.J The condition of Mrs. Walter F.
“sr F i
THOMASTON GIRL CHARGED
WITH MUKDEK AFTER
JUSTICE LIUEUATED HER
SCHOOL SITUATION IN
COUNTY IS REVIEWED
BY SUPT. W. T. RUSTIN’
(Continued from Page One)
school superintendent, state, county,
W* ui.y oiiier scnooi uuiciui nau nuu a
malice to uo any.lung tor uie lust two
years nut worry, nigut und day; anu
their home in the Girard section of jnfh-»uiry ‘was L reportedi 10 im-, werJlncea juifge^nTbabv’show and out at the commitment trial, Howell her most valuable and sacred asset, to
Phenix City near Columbus, following y e st"-day, Her condition is a ter in a baihing beauty contest and Swain und his son, Albert, of Cum- ignore every promise and go back into
chaT of! new hat g ^ physicians. I g learned a all «mM 'iTLfeeT™. T"!
Fourteen farmers,
bootleggers” by federal
Thomaston, Aug. 22.—Daisy Goins,
16, is lodged in ttie Upson county jail
under indictment returned this week
by the grand jury charging her with
murder, July 2^of Howell Swain,*97,
of Gumming, Ga., and she will face
trial next Tuesday, in Upson Superior ligiiung lor eximui.ee
court, Judge W. L. H. Searcy, Jr., of 1 . We see the reai picture in the race
Griffin, presiding. jfor Governor, hive canuiuates, all oi
At the commumet trial July 4, ;tnem closely eonnec.eu li.uie pasi.witn
presided over by Justice James R. state attuirs, with a lair cnance, to
Davis, Miss Goins was discharged, the do at least, some little tiling ior the
court holding that according to the'school system. What nine they doner
evidence she acied within her legal They have ail discovered recently,
rights in shooting Swain. It is under-1 tna„ the school system needs atten-
stood, however, that the state will in-' tion. The state scnooi system has been
selection°of*59'“rulers" of the United I troduce evidence not brought out at converted into a .political football to
States by former Ambassador Ge-1 the commitment trial and that Albert be kicked > aU oyer^ Georgia ^witn the
rard.
Mr. Melton has selected ho Women.
In reference
said: “We haven’
titled"to 8 tteZnor 11 ofTehT induck-d'morning of July 4, and substantial- every voter in the state, that is in-
titiea to tne nonor oi Deing inciuucu .v ®n U n V »<a
Vote for
JOHN WILSON 1
Candidate For
Secretary of State
|Swain, son of Howell Swain, and pos- hopes ot landing it. Where? In tne
„ l sibly other members of .Swain’s par- Governor’s office, of course. Where id
'inthis^'"Editor ’Melton ty at the time of the shooting will be the real interest? Is it in the scnooi
ivpn’t named n„v wnmeii drawn as witnesses for the state., 'system? or, is it in being elected Gov-
mws the women are en- As published in The Telegraph on ernor of this, state? 1 would say t„
ed thai afternoon by evidence brought erested in educating Georgia children,
j 1 ' iGeornia women are ’rulers’ and we at Molena and operating a sawmill in the past for the schools, and that
,-nllpil “little The twelfth unnual session of the | Jr' *3, ., ... . . ‘ruled’ bv them ” there, and Guy Garland, of Molena will be evidence of what will be done
nv rpf |’ | nrohibition Primitive Baptist Bible conference, N . ,, ■ f „ u bli c office are accompanied by -three L’pson county in the future. First the one, out of
bootleggers y . P . J? convened with the Corinth Primitive .. . . M M e it 0 n said “no ffiris on the afternoon of.July 2, drove five, that has proven to your best sat-
tere.1 sec h tbns b of Baldwin Tnd Wil- Ba P tls f c cll “ rch > at Macoa fT “'T/ , Us tn apriority'than the former am- to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene isfaction, the one that has done the
for a two days’ session. Dr.^G. A. Ba- bassador le i ls us t b a t the ‘rulers’ do Goins, near Hannah’s Mill to ask their most for the school system, the
kinson counties and are facing trial
irl Federal court at Macon.
ker, chairman of Miumi, Flat? will
preside.
JS..;8SBySLldM
i&tJasrm wjs? twvj
/innrf nn plinTCPR of consDirmir pressed on nil sides* Actoidinj to re
H«? 1 bl m
The case of W. K. Johnston, Jr., 1 fourth normal.
IUII) UI11
federal prohibition agent charged j
with slaying Ray Rodgers, on July 25,
not hold office but are the ‘power be
hind the throne.’ ”
Those Included in List
The list of “rulers” includes:
Clark Howell, Atlanta Constitution;
Majj. John S. Cohn, Atlanta Journal;
W. T. Anderson, Macon Telegraph; . . , - ..
one-1 Tom Hamilton, Augusta Chronicle; S* was stilted that the men, particular- 1
Louie-Morris, Hartwell, president of J* ,^ wain > cursed the girl and ;Ufi-
i> a j iitt.. hraided hf»r varv jsp.vpvaIv for rp/fiisitio *
I the-Georgia Press Association; “Un-j braided her very severely for refusing
.Tim williams, fii-o on shorn i-Tpraid i to accompany them. Both the girl and
daughter, Daisy, to go with them for that has the evidence in the past, and
a ride. Only the children were at cast one vote for the interest of tho
home when they arrived, but they 6chool children in Georgia,
waited until Mrs. Goins and Daisy j This may sound like politics, but
came home. ive lost our school system at the bal
When Daisy came home, she refus- lot box and when it is redeemed it
ed to ride with vhe party, whereupon will be Redeemed at the ballot box.
‘ ‘ ‘ W. T. RUSTIN,
Superintendent County Schools.
JOHN B. WILSON
John Wilson, candidate for SecJ
lary 01 b VUW!) was Dom .... , ™cre.|
Defense for. Mrs. Cora B. Barnes, a | c je” Jim Williams, Greensboro Herald]}; 0 accompany them. Both the girl and I Depositors of the defunct Fourth
was in the act of de- 1 young bride on trial in Fuiton Su- 'Journal; H.M. McIntosh, Albany Her- "® r niother ordered them to leave the National bank, of Macon, have failed
■wmie age __ . .. ■ - -erior court for un attempt to murder | auJ . G. Sutiive, Savannah Press; place, but they refused to go and through negligence to prove claims in .
' ' ' 1 •' ' ° —* -> abusive Ian- the sum of $90,000, it was learned Gwinett County, his parents,®
• told hi in Tuesday when the Macon Clearing narciy pioneers of mat section and
once she House association prepared letters to large lamiiy consisted ol nine rh'
•against her. | m. L."nrittain, Georgia Tech; S. V | would ^et her father’s shotgun and remind them the money is available. ’dren.
of his father,' just oTer tne
Gwinett 1 u ““'HI
Aided by bloodhounds authorities
are looking for Henry Johnson,- 23, | — - -- - .-. , _
and Will Brown, 27, convicted Fulton of the American Association of De-
county robbers, who escaped Saturday ; scendants of King s Mountain He-
from the Barrow county prison camp roes will be held on the site of the
after over-powering a guard, taking famous battle in connection with the
his pistol and wounding another sesqui-centennial celebration of the
guard. I battle on Oct. 7.
The people of Harris, county will | Peter S. Twitty, state game and
gather at Hamilton, the county seat,' fish commissioner, returned to his
today to celebrate the opening of the'office Monday from New York, where
paved highway through Harris coun- he held a conference with business
tv via Chipley, Hamilton,. Cataula and men interested in the development of
Columbus. A big barbecue dinner will the prawn industry in Georgia, At
be served, while street dancing will present a general survey of this in-
be a feature of the day. Idustry is in progress.
Arthur Slappey, Americus median- The Cartersville Tribune-News' de
le, sustained serious injuries when he rives pride from the fact that the 7tn
fell at the home of fi. E. Allen at Congressional district stands second
Americus Monday. Slappey, also is a in the list in Georgia with 261,877 in-
tinner, had been engaged to r epait habitants, representing growth of 25,-
tlic roof of the Allen home and was 850 during the past 10 years, and is
going about this work when he the only exceeded by the Fifth, which
slipped and fell about ten feet to the . bjoasts the city of Atlanta. ' '
Kround - j Dr. W. F. Quillian, returning from
Georgia one Legislator who evi-’ Lake Junalusky, N. C., Monday an-
dentlv lias a way to solve the finan- nounced that a copy of The Last Sup-
cial problem. J. H. Kirby, Forsyth per will be presented Wesleyan col-
countv'member of the general assem- lege at the opening exercises Sept. 17
bly, was indicted Tuesday by the Ful- by S. C. Dobbs, of Lakemont, Ga.,
ton county grand jury for robbing. trustee of the college. The . painting
the American Finance Co.’s; offices in'-has already arrived and will soon ba
Atlanta of $1C6 in a daring daylight uncrated for hanging in the college
hold-up July 18th. -halls.
A ship of British registry with a' 1 Formal action by the stockholders
cargo of assorted liquors valued at of the Macon National bank and the
$40,000 was brought into port at Sa- Continental Trust company is expect-
va 1 * nah Monday by a patrol vessel in ed 1 to confirm the preliminary agree-
command of Lieutenant Burton. T ne ment made by the directors of the two
rum boat was captured by the < ’< Macon banks, and make the way clear
Guard Sunday night at the mouth of for the opening of the First National
St. Catherine’s sound halfway be- Bank and Trust Co., in Macon on
tween Savannah and Brunswick. -’ Sept. 2.
The following item is clipped from Miss Frances Moore, secretary to
the Americus Times - Recorder: Cap,. Barnett, chairman of the state
“Americus is to be host- soon to the highway board) Miss Nella Jameson,
largest body of soldiers to visit the secretary to J. A. Smith of the state
town since the World War when the tax commissioner’s .office, and Miss
Twpnty-ninth Infantry of Ft. Benning Annie Daniel of McDonough, Income
marches in.o twon with flags flying tax control clerk in the office of Uie
and bnads blaring - martial music on state tax commissioner, are visiting
Sept. 27. Up warn of 2,000' men and Savannah and Tybee this'week. .
officers will be in the unit.” I .. . . t „ , , ...
C Up to August 2nd of this year, At-
One carload of four inch pipe has lantians had spent $2,172.65 for the
been received at Thomaston and three privilege of riding ponies in the city
canoads at The Rock for the Barnes- parks. Auditors reported a total of
ville-Thomaston branch pipe line of $49,311.32 collected at tne various
the Georgia Natural Gas Corporation, parks. Of this $25,861.00 was for golf
Survey of this line has already been ing privileges; $16,311.00 for swim-
,made, and it is understood that the ming; $2,871.00 for tennis; $2,172.66
laying of the line will be started im- for ponies, and the rest from miscel-
medialedy and completed within ’ laneous sources,
about two weeks. It was previously! ,
announced that natural gas would be' The will of C H. Andrew, pronn-
available at Thomaston by Nov. 1. ! aeut leauel ; i#!#, 1 ! 1 ® c,rcles of
i Georgia, who died in Wisconsin wnile
It is a rather unique situation foi on a vacation trip last week, was pro-
d» ma.n/to have two sons-iif-law in bated in common lorm before Judge
the same hospital at the same time W. C. Stevens in the BibB county
recuperating from an operation of the court of ordinary Monday. His wife,
same kind; the operation for append!- Mrs. Emma Andrews, was named exe-
citis was almost at the same time, cutrix, and all of his property was
about 24 hours apart. Mr. Doddridge left to her.
Houser and Mr. Robert Harris, sons- i , _ _ , , ,
in-law of Sheriff Geo. D. Anderson' L - B - Green . , rallroad telegrapher,
are both at the Oglethorpe Infirmary ? f Wayeross will be awarded tne pres
- and are c i ' ' ' ° K '”' “j * u ~
operation
Valley Leader-Tribune.
A I ^ n n-nr-^n I Sanford, Uni\eisity oi ueorgia;; Wm. i shoot h J§6 He paid no attentionito the^^ This sum seems to have been forgot-
A reunion of all Georgia members u „, IHnn Wesievan- Acauilla command, it was stated, and the girl
Chamblee, Bessie Tift; Jack Lance, went into the house, retunied with.
Young/Harris; Andrew M. Soule, the gun and shot him one time in the NATION SEARCH FOR
Georgia Siate College of Agriculture; i ?ejr ion of the heart, death resulting in
C. M. Snelling, University of Geor- a few minutes,
gia.
J. M. Graham, Rome banker; M. B.
Lane, Savannah banker; J. K. Ottley,
Eugene Black, R. G. Clay, R. M.
Strickland, Robert Maddox and T. iC
Glenn, Atlanta bankers.
A. J. Strickland,
and cotton factor; A. Y. Blitch, Val
Miss Goins was acquitted by a jury
in Upsoii Superior court yesterday in
the above case.
The 1930 annual reunion of the
Valdosta banker United Confederate Veterans will be
,i v - ■—k - * 5* 1 ™’ »*' held at Thomastpn Thursday and Fri-
dbsta banker; Dr. W. A. Sutton, At- day Sep t. 25-26.
ianta educator; F. M. Abbott, Way-
H. M. STANLEY
TO ADDRESS MEETING
Atlanta, Aug. 26.—Hal M. - Stan-
- - - - -ce
FAIR AND AIKEN WHO
ESCAPED ATLANTA JAIL
JO&SS years of age, young fe
wnson lost lus arm wmie woiKinirstl
a sawmill. Doubly realizing the well
of an education, Dut without menu,]
he entered the high school at Logans-1
ville, and aithougn physically hanui-1
capped, overcame an obstacles and I
worked his way through until here-1
ceived his LL, B. degree at the Uni- T
versity oi Georgia, L
In nigh school young Wilson served |
as janitor and as night operator at tlie |
oi
ap-
Hon.
quired for that year to lead to a
diploma in voice. Should the winner
be a young iady, the scholarship will
also include full room, board and all
conservatory fees for the year.Should
the winner be a young man the
i,. c . PPI— HI ri scholarship will include all costs of
doing nicelv following their l deni - ,s medal ana special bar of the I tuition m voice and all theoretical and
l of the nast week Fort National Safety Council. The award- literary subjects for the year, with all
— - ' ‘ ing of the medal was the result of incidental fees, but will not include
Mr. Greene’s prompt und efficient room or board since the conservatory
The clerk and a resident of the service in rescuing Emily Stewart, 10 doe ® n °t operate dormitories for male
Piedmont hotel in Atlanta, told police and Billy Corbet, II, from almost cer
Sunday that they were victims of a tain death from a chve where the
robbery to a total of $3,400. W. A. girls hud gone to play.
Sloan, the clerk, said he was held up ■ ,, ,, „ „ ,
behind the desk at 4:45 Sunday morn tT A * rs - Mel1 Smith Knowles,
ing by a lone, unmasked, white ban- Hawkinsville, has recently been
dit who forced him to stand aside at l lomtei1 assistant secretary to
the point of a gun while $400 wdre Wm - J - Harris, candidate ior re-elec-
taken from the till. He added that he tlon to the United States senate. This
chased the bandit for a short distance makes the second such appointment
but oolltmsed from the weakness of a Pulaski county women by Senator
late illness. i Harris, his personal secretary for a
| number of years being Mrs. Edna
Search was still under way yester- Rosseau, of that city.
day for J. H. Clary, 33, who was be-1
lieved to have escaped in an automo-1 After going through the experi-
bile driven by a woman Sunday from enc p °f sticking to the inside of a
the s'ate prison farm at Milledgeville taxicab while it turned over three
where he was a trusty serving a life times, Ernest Rogers, newspaper re
sentence for the slaying of his father Porter and feature writer for the At-
In-law, near Thomson,- Ga. Superm- hmta Journal, dramatic critic radio
tendent B. H. Dunaway said .- Clary, favorite, songster extraordinary and
who had been at the'farm since last aB around genius and likable fellow,
November, slipped from inside the I s ou t of the hospital, apparently none
prison where he was on duty to a corn the worse for wear. The taxicab in,
field and thence to a nearby highway. • which Mr. Rogers was a passenger
Clary is a son of a former McDuffie was struck by a hit and run driver,
county sheriff and his trial last year The operator of the cab, which was
attracted state-wide attention. .wrecked, escaped without injury.
cross.
Frank Lanier, Americus financier;
W. C. “Vereen, Moultrie banker' and
ynmber of ihe state highway board;
Bam Tdte, Tate; Preston Arkwright
»nd H. M. Atkinson, Atlanta, Ga.
Power company; W. C. Bradley, Co- ley, Commissioner • of Commerce and
lumbus; “Bud" Evans, Ft. Valley Labor has been invited to deliver an
peach grower. I address at the annual session of the
Dr. W S. Elkins, Atlanta phy-1 International Association of Accident
sician; W. D. Anderson, Macon Man- : Boards and Commissions, to be held
ufaciurer; Louis Moore, Thomasville at Wilmington, Del., Sept. 22-26.
attorney; J. M. Simmons, Bainbridge Commissioner Stanley is one of two
manufacturer; C J. Haden, Atlanta officials who have been President of
capitalist and first president of the the International Association of Ac-
state chamber of commerce. Icident Boards and Commissions and
Bishop Warren A. Candler, Dr. J. 1 the International Association of Gov-
E. White, Savannah, head of Georgia ‘ ermental Officials Industry., and
Baptist; Cason Calloway, ■ LaGrange strangely enough he was President
Manufacturer; William and Howard of both organizations at the same
Candler, Atlanta capitalist; Frank time. /
Freeman, Atlanta leader of Tech, During the World War apd for sev-
nlumni for many years; Chip Robert, eral years thereafter Cmmissinei
Atlanta sportsman and mill expert. Stanley was a dollar a year man con-
“The grandfather of Bobby Jones, nected with the Government. His of-
head of the Jones Mercantile compa- ficial title was Federal Director of
ny of Canton;’’ Judge Ogden Persons Employment <jf Georgia. During the
Forsyth; Bob Hightower, Thomaston. year 1918, Commissioner Stanley was
manufacturer; Rev. Louie D. Newton, instrumental in securing employment
Atlanta minister and former editor for more than thirty-two thousand
Df (he Christian Index; Jimmy Mer- people.
ritt, of the Christian Index. | By virtue of his office of Commis-
John N. Holder, former chairman sioner of Commerce and Labor he is
? Jof S ‘rt e hig !? w , a £ bo , ard; Je ? ome Ex-Officio Chairman of the industrial
Jones, editor and -labor leader; J. h. commission.He is ex-officio a member
McLeHan, Albany, state commander of the G eorga Securities Commission
n Amenean L e gi° n ; Jiidge A. W. w hich passes upon the sale of certain
Cozart, Columbus; Roy Daniel, Quit- classes of stock in the state and ex-
« ht0 .y, a " d Dr. Thorn well Ja- qfficio a mem ber of the Georgia- His-
obs president of Oglethorpe uni- torical Commission,
versity. . j R ecen tiy a n Atlanta man appear-
m ling before the Georgia Securities
WESLEYAN OFFERS FREE I Commission stated to a number of
SCHOLARSHIP IN VOICE gentlemen that Mr. Stanley was the
-most fearless public official he had
A free scholarship in voice is being e y er come in contact with, performing
offered by the Wesleyan Conservatory duty openly and without fear or^
of Music at Macon, to the young man ,
or young woman who wins first place It ,s generally conceded that he is
in vocal auditions to be hbld from ra- one of hardest working officials
dio station WMAZ in Macon begin-, in the state. His slogan is work
ning Sept. 10th. The scholarship pro- does not hurt anybody.”
vides for one full scholastic year of —
study in voice, including all allied, wi • . rp
theoretical and literary studies re- r.YCllI'SlOIl lO 1 6X21S
Atlanta, Aug. 23.—As rewards for
their capture mounted to $1,900 Fred
D. Fair and Sam Aiken, doomed mur
ders who escaped two days ago thu
the Fulton county tower in Atlanta,, years in order to pay his expenses and
were sought within the city. I h e able to enter tne university. At the
With deputies who were dispatched 1institution he did various jobs!
to various cities over the .southeast of the"!Jfce^tnd"maSS
to probe clues of the men reporting
discovery of only blind alleys, Sher
iff J. I. Lowry strenghthehed cordons
of officers placed about Atlanta in the
belief the men were "laying low”
here.
Sheriff Lowry declared, however,
that the new theory would not cause
authorities of Atlantic and gulf coast
cities to relax their vigil for the men.
Meanwhile the county board of .. ., , „ .
commissioners voted rewards of §500 tails and functions of every depart-
for the capture of the men, which was me «t of the state government, andm
added to a personal offer of $260 each f” an “ Georgia is better equipped foi
made by Sheriff Lowry and $200 re-, the offlce to whlch he aspires.
dormitories and managing the I
dining hall. f
Following his graduation, Mr. Wil-I
son entered the practice of law ini
Monroe and during that time he was!
elected to represent Walton county inj
the Legislature.
Mr. Wilson has acted as private
secretary to both Governor Clifford!
Walker and Governor Hardman. |
Mr. Wilson is perhaps the best in-l
formed man in the state as to the ('
wards offered by Gov. L. G. J-Iardman. I
Fair and Aiken, both held'in the BUY-A-BALE OF COTTON
MOVEMENT PROPOSED
BY COM. TALMADGE!
death cell pending the setting of dates
for their executions following their
conviction on charges of murder, es
caped from the tower by sawing
away two bars of a cell window, Atlanta, Aug. 25.—With the price
sliding down a 20-foot rope made of o fcotton "ranging far below cost oi
blanketingiand scaling a 25-foot outer production just as the 1930 crop i|
wall. being thrown on the market, it hai
> \ The only clues left by the men were been proposed by Commissioner
nine hacksaw blades and a leather Agriculture Eugene Talmadge that i
container. Officers were holding these buy-a-bale-of-cotton movement
as important clues to the identity of, 1914 be revived,
persons believed to have assisted r' “Such an effort at this time
the delivery from the outside. ~ save the cotton farmers of the Southl
: I ! Mr. Talmadge says, pointing out thsf
Two members of the staff of Sear- the price of cotton was increased hi
les, Miller and company, New York such a movement in 1914. The Con.
business engineers, Tuesday began missioner suggests that everyone buj
preliminary work at the Georgia a bale, paying two cents over j
state capitol on a survey of the lad- prevailing market price, store
ministrative and financial division of cotton away, and in time the bu;
the state government. will reap a profit on his investmei
students.
Curtis Miller, negress, of Ft. Val
ley, won second prize in the national
oratorical contest sponsored by the
Improved Benovelent and Protective
Order of Elks of the World in De
troit Monday night at .the 31st an
nual convention of the order. She is a
student at the Fort Valley High and
Industrial school, of which H. / A.
Hunt is principal. The prize is $100
cash. In the regional contest at Co
lumbia, S. C., last April, she won a
$1,000 scholarship.
Tho story of a tragic drowning 20
years ago has ended the spardh of
A. A. York, Ft. Benning private, for
his parents from whom he was sepa
rated in childhood.
TAX LEVY FOR 1930
GEORGIA—TAYLOR COUNTY: .
It being the duty of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of
said county to raise by taxation an amount sufficient to meet the |
current expenses of the county for the year 1930, from the general prop'
erty of the county; and the tax digest for 1980 shows the total property re
turned for taxes to be $1,884,615.
It is therefore ordered by the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues
of said county that the total rate for said county be 30 mills, or three per
centum, on all the property in said county incuding realty, personalty,
corporation, franchise and any ,and all other property in said county, that
is under the law subject to be taxed. Same to b e apportioned as follo"' s:
THE RIGHT WAY TO TRAVEL
is by train. The safest. Most“com-
fortable. Most reliable. Costs less.
Inquire of Ticket Agents regarding
greatly; reduced fares for short 1 trips.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
—Via-
Southern Railway System
Here is an opportunity to visit old
friends in Texas at a minimum, cost.
Southern Railway System tyill sell
round trip, tickets from all principal
towns on its lines fn North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee,
Alabanta, Florida and Mississippi on
Saturday, Sept. 13th, to all points in
Texas, at rate of one fare plus 25c
for the round trip, good starting Sept
13th and limited to return any day
prior to October 5th—good on regular
trains both going and returning.
For those traveling in Pullman cars
the usual sleeping car rates in ad’di
tion to railroad fare will be charged.
Special * through Pullman cars or
coaches will be arranged for parties.
This is an opportunity to visit Tex
as at the lowest rates ever offered.
Please confer with your nearest
Southern Railway System Agent and
you will be furnished with the sched
ules and price of tickets, etc., or write
G. R. PETTIT,
, Division Passenger Agent,
j Macon, Ga.
Mills
3.
Mills
Mills
To build a court (louse 5
To pay the legal indebtedness of the coun
ty, due or to become due during the year __ 3% Mills
To repair jails, bridges or ferries or other
public improvements accoording- to contract 81/j Mills
4. To pay sheriffs, jailers, or other officers
fees that they may be legally entitled to
out of the county funds 2
5. To pay coroners all fees that may be due
them by the county for holding inquests _ 1
6. To pay tjie expense of the county for bai
liffs at court, non-resident witnesses in
. criminal cases, fuel, s rvant -hire, station
ery and the like . 1% Mills
To pay jurors a per diem compensation 2 Mills
8. To pay expense incurred In supporting- the
poor ; .1*4 Mills
9- To pay any othgr lawful charge against the
county I ! 1% Mills
10, To work roads under the alternative road
law 4
Further ordered for county wide school purpos
es as provided, by law 6
To pay princiual apa intrest on bonds in But-
ler and Reynolds school districts ;— 3
J o pay princinal and int'rest on bonds in Wes
ley school district 6
1-or local school tax in each of the following
Districts: Butler, Reynolds, Rupert,
”11, Lesley, Central, Turner and Cro
we)!: It is ordered that there be levied — 5 e .
Further ordered that the Tax Collector of said county collect the
mentioned taxes,on all property in said County or Districts, and |
same over to the proper authorities.'
In regular monthly session this 5th day of August, 1930.
■■Wm > | F. C. JARRELL,
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Commissioners, Taylor County, Ue
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