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TOE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, JANUARY 10, 1935.
MEWS SUMMARY 9F
THE WEEK IN GEORGIA
More than 10,000 auto tags were
Mrs. LaMartine V. McLeod, daugh
ter of Dr. and Mrs. L. G. Stewart,
difed at the home of her parents in
Ellaville Sunday afternoon after an
illness of only six days witJi pneu
monia. Mrs McLeod's home is in Mi-
_____ ami, Fla., and she was on a visit to
sold the first day the new ones were 1 her parents when she became ill.
put on the market for 1934. | South Georgia had three jurists in
The Brunswick post office regained one family Friday after Governor
its classification us a first-class of- Talmadge appointed W. D. Dickerson
lice with an increase in receipts of 11 as judge of the city court of Doug-
per cent during 1934. las. The new judge is the son of Jus
tice M. D. Dickerson of the Waycross
Mrs. L. M. Brundage, Sr., 76, of circuit and a cousin 1H Judge Glenn
Gray, died at her residence Saturday Dickerson of the Valdosta city court, j
after an illness since last Thursday |
with a heart ailment. I A broad plan by whioh every young
1 man and woman in this state of col-
The state of Georgia is without i e g e a g e might be given adequate
authority to levy and collect taxes educational opportunities in 1935 is
for old-age pensions, Attorney Gen- the u j m 0 f the University System of
oral M. J. Yeomans announced Fri- 1 Georgia, Chancellor P. H. Weltner
told members of the Griffin Rotary
Construction contracts awarded in ' Ctab in an address there a few days
16 southern states during 1934 reach- “°*
ed the highest total in three years, Wm. H Cobb, prominent Americus
the Manufacturers’ Record reported citizen, received a telegram from
Monday. I Newark, N. J., Thursday, informing
Nathaniel F. Smith, 93, veteran of him tbat { * or ,f’ he . <* cond
the Battle of Fort Sumter in 1861, T
jj.j . » . m . . ii Mutual llenent I^ife Insuiunce com-
died at Augusta Saturcay He* was an - .. .
mssx&s: - *■,£££
ELLAVILLE ELECTION SET
Ellaville, Ga., Jan 8.—Ellaville
will elect two school trustees, Friday
February 1, according to announce
ments mude by J. L. Duncan, super
intendent of the county schools of
Schley county, who is making the
call for *he election.
THOMASTON B. & L.
PAYS DIVIDENDS
Thomaston, Ga., Jan. 6.—At a
meeting of the board of directors of
the Thomaston Building und Loan
Association a semi-annual dividend
at the rate of 6 per cent was declared
and ordered paid as of Jan. 1, 1935.
GAMMAGE COURT CLERK
Macon, Ga., Jan. 8.—Judge E. W.
Butler, of Macon City Court, Mon
day announced the appointment of
E. T. Gammage, Macon attorney, as
cleric of the court. Gammage suc
ceeds Chas. H. Smith, who has
served as clerk for 23 years unuer
six judges.
G. M. Shehee, prominent Means-
: 7» SMKc
IT?,
of Mr. Shehee s action. | morning. He had been in failing
Last of Macon textile mills to re- health for several years, and had
open after the general strike four been in critical condition for several
months ago, the Adams-Swirles cot- days,
ton duck plant will resume opera- „ IT .
tions Monday with one shift of ap- f , Ro >'. V. Harris, member of the
proximately 125 workers. Georgia House of Representatives
from Richmond county, und Miss
The Thomaston Telephone com- Mary Lewis, prominent Augustan,
pany will begin at an early date ex- i were married at Augusta Sunday,
pansion of its facilities and the addi- ' Immediately after the ceremony, por
tion of equipment at a cost of from formed ut the St. James Methodist
$10,000 to $15,000, it is announced by parsonage, the couple left for a short
M. W. New, president and manager. , trip through Florida.
Norfolk, Va., Friday invited the I Albany, which has won. numerous
United Confederate Veterans to hold awards for its low fire loss record,
their next reunion in that city. A achieved a new low mark during 1934
formal invitation was extended by F. with a total loss for the year of $4,-
H. Hodges, convention bureau man- E15. The annual report of D. W.
ager of the Association of Commerce. ' Brosnan, fire department chief, says
I the loss is the lowest during the 25
Georgia motorists are estimated to , years he has directed fire fighting
have paid $14,610,000 in state gaso- activities,
line taxes in 1934, as compared with I
$12,634,513 in 1933, it was reported | In the fourth quarterly report of
Thursday by Neil W. Printuip, secre-' Commissioner C. M. Duvis, of Stew-
tary of the Georgia petroleum Indus- j art county, which is also the end of
tries committee. . the year 1934, the commissioner
I shows all warrants paid and a cash
Walter Fox, of Philadelphia, the balance of $23,040.07 on hand to en-
eight-year-old boy who was present- ter the new year. Several thousand
ed with a $1,000 check by Mrs. dollars in uncollected 1934 taxes are
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sunday y e t to be collected and turned into
started on a 900-mile ambulance trip the treasury,
to the Warm Springs sanitarium, at
Warm Springs, Ga. I A bill to authorize executors, ad-
' ministrators, guardians and trustees
Marvin Cox, of Statesboro, secre- to invest trust funds in any bonds or
tary to former Congressman Homer ot her obligations of the U. S. gov-
C. Parker, received surgical attention ernment and to validate investments
Saturday for injuries sustained w?.en heretofore made in such securities,
he was accidently shot in the face will be introduced at the approach-
by Mrs. Cox while .hunting birds near big session of the Georgia legislature
Graymont the day before. , by Senator David S. Atkinson, of
Reporting a year of greater reve- chatham county,
nues and decreased spending, state Hartwell H. Tarver, 82, one of Al-
financial experts said Saturday that bany's oldest active business men,
the state of Georgia ended the year jj e( j j n a hospital Saturday from in-
1934 with tne greatest -ash balance in • juries received when he was struck
its .history—$6,697,860.85. 1 he bal- by an automobile while crossing a
ance compared with a figure of $3,- str eet. Both his legs and an arm
548,042.82 at the end of 1933. were broken. Witnesses said he at-
A coroner’s jury investigating the tempted to dodge one car and
death of Samuel “Son” Sampson, stepped into the path of another,
negro, of Macon, who died at the P “ llce termed the KC1<lent unavoid-
Macon hospital Saturday night of ice at) e '
pic.c stab wounds, Sunday morning j W arrants in 104 criminal cases in
ordered Isaiah Lewis, another negro „A" „ * t r
. .. , , , , . * 1 Harris county were brought to Co-
of that city, .held for Sampsons mur- . lumibus Satur( | ay b y Sheriff Douglas
e ' I Hadley and turned over to Solicitor
Indian Albert, of Savannah, b 1 * * * General A. Jones Perryman for the
woman over 90 years of age, wihose preparation of bill to be placed be-
chief claim to fame was her ability . fore the grand jury that will be con-
to stand on her head, clad in panta- vened at Hamilton by Judge C. F.
loons, lor extended periods of time McLaughlin next Monday for the
in return for cash contributions, was , regular semi-annual term of Harris
found dead Friday in her roadside superior court.
shanty.
A bill providing for hearing of di
vorce cases by judges without juries,
designed to save thousands of dol
lars annually in jury fees, has been
drawn for introduction in the legis
lature by A. N. Durden und George
Lab ados, representatives-elect from
Doughev.y county.
Wm. H. Crawford, 66, of Macon,
retired telegraph operator, died at a
Macon hotel Sunday night from a
heart attack. He hau oeen in ill
health for some time. Mr. Crawford
had served as telegraph operator for
the Central of Georgia and for the
G. S. and F. railways.
An all-time record of 35,500 auto-
Delacey Allen, commander of the
Georgia Department 0 f the American
Legion, announced Sunduy an inten
sive drive for membership would be
held throughout the state this week
The drive will end Sunday, Jan. 18,
with the visit to Macon of Frank
Belgrano, national commander. Allen
said ,he hoped the drive would result
in Georgia furnishing her quota of
paid membership cards to the na
tional commander.
Judge J. A Lynch, of Columbus,
who has served on the national de
fense committee of the American Le
gion for two successive years was ad
vised Monday by Frank Belgrano,
national commander, that he has
FORT BENNING TO GET
LINE FOR NATURAL GAS
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 5.—Fort Ben-
nir.g will be furnished with natural
gas for industrial purposes by the
Gas Light Company of Columbus.
The line will be laid on the bottom
of the Chattahoochee River from the
Alabama tide. Work will begin with
in ten days
BRIDEGROOM. 20, DIES
AT ROME OF GUNSHOT
Rome, Ga., Jan. 5.—Scotjt Calloway
20, who married Miss Grac* Lumpkin
at Rome five months ago, died Satur
day at the Rome hospital as the re
sult of a pistol shot in his head which
relatives say was self-inflicted.
His bride was asleep tin the same
rom when she was awakened by a
shot and found Calloway on the floor
mortally wounded.
BOY KILLED; TWO HURT
WHEN TRAIN WRECKS
COFFEE SCHOOL BUS
Douglas, Ga., Jan. 6.—Hugh Kirk
land, 17, was killed when the north
bound A. B. and C. tram struck a
school but at a crossing three miles
east of Douglas. Leon Nipper, driver
of the bus, and Joe Williams suffered
minor injuries. Kirkland was the son
of Matt Kirkland, prominent Coffee
county farmer. The school bus, which
was practicaly destroyed, W’as the
property of C. L. Daniels.
MRS CHRISTINE McLEOD
Ellaville, Ga., Jan 5.—Miss Chris
tine Stewart McLeod, 26-year-old
Miami matron, died at Ellaville Sun
day at the home of her parents, Dr.
and Mrs. L. G. Stewart, of Ellaville,
following an attack of pneumonia.
Mrs. McLeod was spending the
Christmas holidays with her parents
when stricken.
Besides her parents, she is surviv
ed by her husband, L. V. McLeod, of
Miami, two children, a sister, Mrs. R.
B. Strickland, of Americus.
RAMSPECK AGAIN ASKS
ANOTHER U. S. JUDGE
FOR NORTH GEORGIA
Washington, Jan. 7.—Representa
tive Robert Ramspeck Monday intro
duced a bill to authorize appoint
ment of an additional United States
judge for the Northern District of
Georgia. This district transacts more
business than the two other districts
of the state combined. A similar bill
was considered well on the way to
ward passage in the last congress,
but was crowded off in the nnal
days.
TALBOTTON MASONS NAME
OFFICERS FOR THIS YEAR
Talbotton, Ga., Jan. 8.—Olive Lodge
No. 10, Free and Accepted Masons,
announce the election of the following
officers for the year 1935:
L. It. Miner, worshipful master; J.
L. Morgan, senior warden; Roan Dan
iel, junior warden; Leonard Hendrix
senior deacon; H. E. Green, junior
deacon; G. L. Hobbs, senior steward;
T. H. Ferguson, junior steward; E. H.
Mathis, treasurer; W. L. Perryman,
secretary, and Mike Greathouse, ty-
ler.
BUILDING PROJECTS
BEGIN IN AMERICUS
THIEVES TAKE BISHOP’S
TROUSERS AMONG OTHER
LOOT AT HOME OF FRIEND
LaGrange, Ga., Jan. 7—tMemibers
of the hirst Methodist church, La-
Grange, learned Sunday wl^ bisnop
Warren A. Candler digressed from
the theme of his sermon to attack
the prevalence of crime. Someone
had stolen the bishop s pants.
The Atlanta churchman found the
he
awoke at the home of Col. Hatton ; j n g 0 f the N’ew
Lovejoy, his week-end host. j s j, Wi The prices are as follows:
Chevrolet Motor Co.
Announces New Prices
On 1935 Model Cars
No. 2
From
P»B« One
I which is needed for the making of
periodic deposits. The parent desirous
of providing funds for the higher
education of children can arrange
this through an educational policy
_, , . , noc ». and the payment of the mortgage nn
Chevrolet s prices f° r the lJdo New t h e home may also be provided for
Standard and Master De Luxeimod- This bitter depression “rough
els were announced by W.L Holler, which we have passed has taught
, , general sales manager of the Chevro- the futility 0 f the mad scrambk r
mportant garment missing when he | let Motor Co., just before the open- wealth. W e have seen fortur.es^crunT
e ^fonows m0bile u' e ’ “5 1 young people giving up the
Following the trail of a thief who • ”•*«*"'Standard"’models - Coupe, ^takLn for granted 0 " th?^
had looted several wardrobes, Col. ■ $ 475 . coatlli $486; sedan, $650; e for tfranted thrown
BUS BURNS NEAR MACON;
THREE PERSONS INJURED
Macon, Ga., Jan. 8—Three per
sons suffered painful injuries Mon
nuu looieu w.. $ 4 <o; coacn, seaan, *oou; unprepared UDon, a world which •
Lovejoy found the punts on a library phaeton, $496; sport roadster, $465; no { want their services. W^ hal'e
tab e sedan delivery, $515. learned of suicides by the thousands
Master De Luxe models—Coupe, have seen the increasing 7
$560; coach, $580; sedan, $640; sport crimir.als, and we have all spent what
coupe, $600; town sedan, $615; sport we did not have. All this has led tu
sedan, $6<5; commercial panel, $560, f a il ure , bitterness und poverty. What
de luxe panel, $580. we need is a future financially safe
sons .«..«« - The pnees on the New Standard Through life insurance one may know
day night when a bus er, route from cou l ,e > eoacl J aa<1 phaeton are $10 un- freedom from care and there has not
Augusta to Macon, overturned and der those of the corresponding 1934 been a failure of any legal reserve
burst into flames two miles from thf ^"same 6 asTn » Q fe ^ aa y ^ more than
James Fountain, 0 f Macon, driver 1934. j There are many other forms of in-
of the bus, said the lights of the big Knee-action continues as one of the suiance that should be studied bv
vehicle went out as he turned a curve outstanding features of the Master | clubwomen as they have a direct
and the bus ran off the road, during He Lu * e J :!ir . s > Mr - Holler stated, and bearing upon the home. Thirteen or
a heavy rain. Fountain suffered burns ls available to any customer on order m ore forms of policies are now being
on his hands ar.d face. at slj S ht additional cost Master De iss u ed that will be 0 f interest to the
Two passengers were treated ny , Luxe cars also feature the new Fish- thrifty home makers, including the
• , .... m ‘pt tnrrpt. tor. ftl stppl root jonstruc- 1 .• .. * .
private physicians at Macon for min- ar turret top all steel roof construe-1 8 pe C j a l housewives policy. Calvin
or bruises. J tlon - aad a much larger body with Coolidge once said that life insurant
corresponding increase in interior di- j s the mndarn “
, . , ...r.s I mentions.
TALMADGE ORDERS Ct 1 Or | “Chevrolet was able to reduce its
20 HER CENT IN BUDGET j standard model prices and to main-
! tain its price levels on the Master De
Atlanta, Jan. 5.—A 20 per cent cut Luxe series in the face of substan-
in appropriations for 1935, amount- ; tially increased material and manu-
is the modern method by which men
| aI:< l womenmuke the uncertain cer
tain, and the unequal equal. It Was
Mr. Coolidge who also said that
every policy is a declaration of inde
pendence and a charter of economic
freedom. Let us indorse life insur
ance as a practical part of the New
con-
ir.g to approximately $9,600,000, was facturing costs because of the great-
bemg ordered by Gov. Talmadge. ly increased volume scheduled for^uTrHving^and^s a c
Acting on his authority as quector 11935, as indicated by the thousands , stant j ncentive to : th
of the state budget bureau, the gov- of orders we now have on hand for j ^ of th thrift m 016
emor issued orders for the reduction the immediate delivery of the 1935 —
Saturday. A cut of 35 per cent was lines of cars from our organization « -*.■
ordered at the start of last year hut of 10,000 dealers,” Mr. Holler said in | I M A| fll| If I-1) I IVL ULIITQ
the departments received 78 per cent announcing the prices. “Last year LLUllL HI/ VLIl I luLFlLH I U
of their appropriations through later . Chevrolet built 870,000 passenger ,,w
tax payments. I cars and trucks, which made it the
The govenor has authority to cut leading manufacturer of motor cars
down expenditures if there is not in the world for the sixth time in
meet the last eight years. With the estab
lishing of our 1935 prices, we are in
a position to secure our share of the
low-priced' car business this year.
“Both lines of cars are greatly im
proved. The New Standard is now
, „ , powered with the Master motor, and
Washington Jan. 8. Represents- has an entirely new X-ty.pe frame
sucicient income in sight to
them.
CASTELLOW IS ON
ZONE COMMITTEE
tive Sears, of Florida, was named
chairman Monday of the house zone
committee comprised of the Peninsu
la state, South Carolina and Geor
gia.
The house members from the three
states chose H. P. Fulmer, of South
Carolina, to represent them on the
house steering committee, and B. T.
Castellow, of Georgia, their secre
tary. Under the customary rotation
of the zone offices. Sears succeeds
McSwain, of South Carolina, and
Fulmer takes the post held last year
by E. E. Cox, of Georgia. Green, of
Florida, was the retiring secretary.
R. H. SMALLING, OF MACON,
SLAYS GASOLINE THIEF
Macon, Jan. 7.—Robert H. Small-
ing, young man living in Macon who
fatally shot Jule Chappell, 35, negro
early Sunday morning in the rear of
his home, was exonerated when a
coroner’s jury called the killing justi
fiable homicide.
Testimony of Smalling and C. R.
Smalling, his father ar.d others re
veled that the negro, accompanied by
George Thomas, another negro, went
which is 15 times more rigid than its
predecessor. The Master De Luxe is a
completely new and much larger car
than the 1934 Master. To increase
the comfort of passengers, and pro
cure more body room, the wheelbase
has been, increased to 113 inches.
This line now features, in addition to
the new Fisher turret top all steel
roof construction, the latest in ‘tear
drop’ design, with dual windshield,
no-draft ventilation, and all tile com
fort and convenience features found
in much higher priced cars.”
LAMAR SHERIFF FIGHT
IS BEGUN; WIDOW OF
LATE OFFICER APPOINTED
Barnesville, Ga., Jan. 7.—Lamar
county had two claimants for the job
of sheriff Monday, one of them a
woman, and the courts have been ap
pealed to in an effort to settle the
matter.
Mrs. Z. T. Elliott, widow of the
sheriff who died a short time ago,
claims the office by virtue of appoint
ment. L. J. Mangham was given a
__ ___ commission for the office after re-
to the garage in the rear of Small- 1 l aras from a special election gave
ing’s home and was engaged in steal
ing gasoline from one of three cars
when the young man ordered them
to stop.
The negroes ran, he related, and
he fired, felling Chappell while Thom
as escaped. Thomas was later appre
hended by Fred Thompson and O. R.
Stokes, night police patrolmen, who
held him on an open charge.
CONTRACT IS LET FOR
BUILDING STATE FARM
IN TATNALL COUNTY
Atlanta, Jan. 6.—J. Houston John-
him a 34 vote margin over Gerald
Elliott, son of the dead sheriff. Judge
E. L. Butler, ordinary of the county
who appointed Mrs. Elliott has ad
ministered the oath of office to Mr.
Mangham as her successor.
The ordinary said Mrs. Elliott and
her son charged there was illegal vot
ing in the election and that Mrs.
Elliott claimed the office until her
successor is “leglly” elected.
MAYOR IS CHOSEN
BY COLUMBUS BODY
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 8.-
Homer
mobile fatalities was set during 1934 j keen re-appointed. Judge ^ Lynch is
in the United States, according to a
report issued recently by the Na
tional Safety Council. Accidents of
all types brought the death list to
99,000 during the year, the report
said.
Columbus detectives have been em
ployed to aid Weston, Ga., authori
ties in tracing down and arresting
the party or parties who murdered
J. J. King, Weston grocery 6tore
operator one night last week, and
tried to conceal their crime by burn
ing the body.
Presenting estimates showing an
Increase in post office costs, Presi
dent Roosevelt Monday asked con
gress to continue the 3-cent rate on
non-local first class mail. He said al
lowing the 3-cent figure to lapse next
July 1 would cut $75,000,000 out of
postal revenues.
Curtis E. Hickman, 38, of Rochelle,
died in a Macon hospital Saturday
w-here he had been under treatment
since Wednesday of last week. He
had been ill for one week. Mr Hick
man was born in Glenwood, Ga., in
1896, the son of H. D. Hickman and
Mrs. Rosa Johnson Hickman, and had
made his home in Rochelle for 20
years. He was district farm superin.
tendent for the FERA, with head
quarters at Sylvester.
one of nine members of the commit
tee which represents the Legion in all
matters pertaining to defense and
last year the committee spent sev
eral days in Washington in interest
of the armed forces.
A reorganization of the Muscogee
county government in which salaries
were cut, effecting a saving of ap
proximately $1,000 a month, and
seven of the eight county officials re
placed by new men has been approved
by the county commission according
to a news dispatch appearing in the
Columbus newspapets Monday. Sal
aries for the county clerk and chief
of police were cut from about $250 a
month to $175. Reductions of $10 to
$20 per month were made in several
instances.
Macqn may lose the state conven
tion of Disabled American veterans
who are scheduled to convene in that
city sometime during May,it develop
ed at a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the state department Satur
day a the Hotel Dempsey. Although
no action was taken, officials said
bids from Atlanta and Augusta were
“seriously considered after local
leaders could report no Macon prep
arations, financial or otherwise,” hav
ing been made to care for the hun
dreds of delegates expected.
Americus, Ga., Jan. 8.—Work will
begin in Sumter county this week on
nine new FERA projects with a
larger number of workmen employed
than, at any time since the inaugura
tion of relief work here.
Wages paid will be on the new re
duced schedule of pay which pro
vides 15c an hour for common labor
and 40c for skilled workmen. The
number of hours each worker will be
permitted to labor is to be gauged by
the necessities of individuals and in
dividual families.
rion, Georgia engineer for the PWA I Dimor., a member of the board, was
Monday announced the contract for Tuesday elected mayor of Columbus
the construction of the new Tatnal! for 1935 by the city commission at
county state prison had been awarded its annual organization meeting. He
to the Struck Construction Co., of succeeds Mayor H. C. Smith, jvho re-
| Louisville, Ky. , tired as a member of the commission.
I ■ The Louisville company’s bid w«s I Luther C. Wilson took the oath as
$1,081,000 and the lowest of 11 sub- a member of the commission to sue-
nutted to the PWA last November, ceect Smith, whom he defeated in the
(Johnston announced. city primary.
I he engineer said official sigring | The new mayor has been, a mem-
of the contracts probably would take her of the city commission since
place this week and actual work on , 1922 when the new form of govern-
the new buildings started shortly, ment succeeded the aldermanlc sys-
Johnston will supervise the building, tern. For nine years he was mayor.
Georgia s new prison will be built At Tuesday’s meeting Milton Long
on federal government land adjoin-| was re-elected city clerk and Wm.
| ing 1,000 acres owned by the state. DeL. Worsley was again named city
i Georgia is to liquidate the loan in 30 attorney *
years.
MACON BURGLARS
CLEAN OUT STORE
FEDERAL SALARY CUT
EXTENDED 6 MONTHS
BY THE PRESIDENT
Macon, Ga., Jart. 5.—Burglars who
parked a truck in front of R. L. I.as-
j setter’s Grocery Store in Macon at l
o’clock Saturday morning drove away
I with practically his whole stock. They
j overlooked the cash drawer that enn-
| tained $6 and didn’t disturb the safe.
| Police who investigated showed
, that the followirg were among tue
items stolen:
j Five barrels of flour, six big cases
of lard, seven bushels of meal, more
than 100 pounds of ment and dozens
of cans of salmon, tomatoes and oth
er canned goods, about a dozen picnic
: hams and a variety of other groceries
' and meats.
“They practically cleaned me out,"
said Lassetter.
Washington, Jan. 4.—The present 5
per cent cut in basic salaries of gov
ernment employes was continued Fri
day by President Roosevelt until July
1 He has announced he will recom-
men then that full pay be restored.
An executive order said the cost of
living index for the six months’ per-
. , 00 1 tenure, various urns, nearly all
1 lower than fir the'?P or >so.r«l by bar organizations, have
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permanent problem and that the
state must take a hand.
This will call for new methods of
taxation to raise necessary funds and
will precipitate one of the biggest
fights of the session.
Another topic of legislation that is
of absorbing interest to the Assem
bly will be reform of court pro
cedure. Various bills, nearly all
lower than for the base period of
1928. For that reason, Mr. Roosevelt
] said the cut would be continued an-
1 other half-year.
I Salaries wepe trimmed 15 per cent
soon after the Roosevelt inauguration
but 10 per cent of this already has
j been restored.
I Some time ago the President said
1 he expected prices to rise more and
that employes should he returned to
: normal salaries next July.
I Robert W. Corbett,, 25, young “a
con man who Saturday was found
, lying fatally burned 0
| the Alabama river at Montgomery, I treasures and will seek some help,
iwas buried at Macon Monday after- As usual there will be hundreds of
J noon following funeral services. i local bills.
been drawn. All are designed to
speed up trials, tighten up on re
peated offenders and a lessening of
parole and pardon power.
Nearly every member of the House
and Senate will have some pet meas
ure. Most of them will never get to
the floor, and those that do, stand
small ehar.,"c of passage. There are
too many major problems of legisla
tion for individual projects to make
much headway.
Local Legislation
SALE UNDER POWER
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
By virtue of the power and au
thority contained in a certain Deed
to Secure Debt executed by O. R. Lu
cas to Mrs. C. L. Smith dated the
21st day of July, 1927, and recorded
in Deed Book “R”, page 348, records
of Taylor County, Georgia, the un
dersigned will sell at public outcry
before the court house door in Taylor
County, Georgia, to the highest bid
der for cash, within the legal hours
of sale on the 5th day of February,
1935, the following described real es
tate, to-wit:
All of the West half of lot of land
number three hundred eighteen (318)
in the First District of Taylor Coun
ty, Georgia
The indebtedness secured by the
above described Security Deed is past
due and unpaid.
The above described property will
be sold as the property of O. R. Lu
cas, and the proceeds of said sale
will be applied to the payment of
said indebtedness, amounting to
$754.00, the expenses of sale, ar.d the
remainder, if any, will be paid to the
party or parties legally entitled to
receive same.
MRS. C. L. SMITH,
As Attorney in Fact for O. R. Lucas.
SHERIFF’S SALE
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
Will be sold before the court house
door in Taylor county on the first
Tuesday in March, 1935, being the
fifth day of March, 1936, with
in the legal hours of sale to the
highest and best bidder for cash the
following property, to-wit:
One hundred one and one-fourth
acres of land, more or less, same be
ing one half of lot -of land No. 284
in the 11th land district of Taylor
County, Ga. Levied upon and to be
sold as the property of Mrs. Cora C
Phelts to satisfy a Tax Execution for
her State and County Taxes for the
years 1930, 1931, 1932 and 1933. Levy
made and returned to me by C. C.
Cooper, L. C.
This third day of December, 1934.
R P. McGUFFIN, Sheriff.
FOR DISMISSION
GEORGIA—Taylor County;
Mrs. Fannie Whitley, guardian of
Vastine and Clarence Crook, having
filed her final return and her petition
to foe dismissed from her guardian
ship, this is to cite all and singular
the creditors and all parties interest
ed to show cause before me on the
first Monday in February, 1936, why
said guardian- should not be dis
missed.
This 4th day of January, 1935.
L. T. PEED, Ordinary,
Taylor County, Georgia.
PETITION FOR DISCHARGE
United States District Court, Colum
bus, Division, Middle District ol
Georgia.
In. the matter of Wesley E. Griggs,
No. 1149, bankrupt in bank
ruptcy.
To the Creditors of ths Above-
Named Bankrupt:
You are hereby notified that ths
above-named bankrupt has applied
for a discharge from all debts
provable against him in bankruptcy
The said application will be heard
Sy the United States District Judge
sf said division and district at the
United States Court room in the
:ity of Columbus, Georgia, on the
9th day of January, 1935 at 10:00
uclock in the forenoon.
All creditors of said bankrupt are
notified to appear at the time and
nlace stated and show cause if ar, y
con man wno Saturday was found inS.’^ny^urries^ ^ ^ ^ytheprayer of said P»
lying fatally burned on the banks of palities are 'faced with d^leied ^, n0t v be , th
- - 1 Dated at Columbus, Ga., this otn
day of January, 1935.
By N. A. BROWN, Deputy Clerk.