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Os the Weeif^ shot The fighting in Erance was along a line extending for more than 100 miles, and much was done behind improvised breast
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piece of shell. Oakley C. Curtis was elected governor of Maine by the Democrats. General Carranza announced that he would not be a candidate for pru
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MONROE GETS TWO
ON COMMITTEE
R. L. Berner From State at Large ,
and 0. H. B. Bloodworth From
Monroe on New Committee
Monroe was lucky enough to land
two places on the State Democratic 1
Executive Committee. In the cau- '
cuses which named the four repre- '
sentatives from each District, Mon
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roe was overlooked, but Judge E. J.
Reagan, Chairman, in naming the
fifteen that he was authorized to 1
name (one from each Congressional ;
District and three from the State at 1
large,) gave a place to Hon. R. L.
Berner, of Monroe, from the State at
Large, and the Sixth District place
to 0. H. B. Bloodworth, of Monroe.
Judge Reagan’s appointments are
as follows:
Hon. Robert L. Berner, Monroe
•county. ,
Hen. S. T. Blalock, Fulton county.
Hon. Roland Ellis, Bibb county.
First District —Hon. Robert J.
Travis, Chatham county.
Second District —Hon. Roscoe 1
Luke, Thomas county.
Third District —Hon. T. W. Oli- 1
ver, Brooks county.
Fourth District —Hon. John T.
Johnson, Troup county.
Fifth District —Hon. J. R. Smith,
DeKalb county.
Sixth District —Hon. 0. H. B.
Bloodworth, Monroe county.
Seventh District —Hon. M. L.
Johnson, Bartow county.
Eighth District —Hon. W. F. Dor
sey, Clark county.
Ninth District —Hon. W. B. Sloan,
Hall county.
Tenth District —Hon. J. T. West,
McDuffie county.
Eleventh District —Hon. J. F.
Stapler, Lowndes county.
Twelfth District —Hon. William
Faircloth, Johnson county.
The foregoing are in addition to
the members of the new state execu
tive committee by congressional dis
tricts, as selected by caucuses and
unanimously adopted by the con
vention as follows:
First District —N. J. Norman,
Libertv; J- A. Brannon, Bulloch ;R.
J. Rogers, Tattnall; F. G. Babb, Jen
kins.
Second District —W. J. Vereen,
’ Colquitt; R. B. Bush, Miller; P. S.
’ Cumming, Decatur; H. H. Merry,
; Mit<hell.
I Third District —A. B. Cook, Ben
. jyin: J- Lawrence, Turner; J. R.
Statham, Sumter; J. G. Dear, Ter
relll. ’
Fourth District—R. E. Dismukes,
fuscocee; A. H. Freeman, Coweta;
R. Lunsford, Harn-; Buford Boy
ir. Carroll.
f y;- h District—D. B. Bullard,
(c mnbell: J. E. Bodenhainmer. De-
Kaib; J- 0- Cochran, Fulton; G. A.
Almand, Rockdale.
Sixth District—Alf Blalock, Clay-
FORSYTE. ‘NROE COUNTY, GEORGIA. SEPTEMBER 25, 1914
FORMER EDITOR DIES
OF FRACTURED SKULL
J. A. Bagwell, Formerly Owner of
the Monroe Advertiser Injured
in Auto Accident Dies.
Mr. J. A. Bagwell, formerly editor
of the Monroe Advertiser, died Tues
day as the result of an automobile
accident which occurred at his home
in La Grange. On Sunday afternoon
one of the tires on the car that he
was driving blew out, throwing Mr.
Bagwell from the car, which turn
ed completely over. Mr. Bagw’ell’s
skull was fractured and the fall
caused serious injury to his lungs.
He was hurried to the La Grange
hospital, but, despite the efforts of
the surgeons, died on Tuesday night.
Mr. Bagwell was in the automobile
business with his son Cline, having
the Ford agency for Troup county.
He was a few years ago editor and
publisher of the Monroe Advertiser,
and during the year that he lived in
Monroe, he made many strong
friends, who will learn wiith deep
sorrow' of the tragic accident which
ended his life.
Mr. Bagwell had also edited the
Gwinnett Journal, the Marietta News
and the Douglasville Sentinal and
w r as W’ell known throughout the state
as a new’spaper man.
Cline Bagwell was in Forsyth last
week, coming over to attend the Trib
ble-Pugh wedding.
A good man is gone and his
friends in this county are sorrowing
with the family in their grief.
ton; R. L. Dickey, Crawford; J. B.
Jackson, oJnes; Will Mitchell, Pike.
Seventh District —John W. Vandi
ver, Floyd; George W. Welch, Cobb;
J. L. Head, Haralson; W. C. Martin,
Whitfield.
Eighth District —R. L. McCom
mons, Greene; Percy Middlebrooks,
Morgan, R. L. Taylor, Newton; D.
T. Barnes, Franklin.
Ninth District—R. L. J. Smith,
Jackson; B. L. Smith, Fannin; A. T.
Greene, Gwinnett; Claude Bond,
Stephens.
Tenth Distriiet —H. W. Shaw,
Richmond; George Carswell, Wilkin
son; K. A. Beasley, Elbert; Clayton
Robson, Baldwin.
Eleventh District —R. L. Bennett,
Wayne; J. R. Davis, Brooks; W. E.
Sirmans, Ware; A. R. Grant, Jeff
Davis.
Twelfth District —Emmett Houser,
Houton: Dr. J. B. Peacock, Bleckley;
Dr. E. T. Coleman, Emanuel; N. M.
Patton, Wilcox.
St. Elmo Massengale, secretary of
the state democratic executive com
mittee has issued a cal! for a meet
ing of the committee at the Pied
mont hotel, in Atlanta, at eleven
o’clock ' a the morning of Septem
ber 28 for the purpose of consider
ing the jndg ship contest in the Tal
lapoosa circuit, as well as other im
portant matters.
HEAD ON COLLISION
SMASHES TWO AUTOS
Cars'of Eugene Stetson and William
Summers Collide on Barnesville
Road. Nobody Seriously Hurt.
•
On Sunday night about eleven
o’clock an automobile accident oc
curred in the neighborhood of Shi
loh church on the Barnesville road,
and that the occupants of the cars
were not seriously-injured was little
short of marvelous. The ear of Eu
gene Stetson, of Macon, driven by
a colored chauffer and containing
Mr. Stetson and Flynn Nisbet, was
comiing from Atlanta; the ear of
William Summers, of Barnesville,
driven bv Norman Peacock and con
taining several other Barnesville
boys, was headed towards Atlanta,
when the two ears came together.
How it happened is not definitely
known, but it is said that the driver
of each of the cars was blinded by
the headlight of the other and fail
ed to turn far enough out of the
road. Anyway the Premier of Mr.
Summers was badly damaged, al
most beyond repair; while the Olds
mobile of Mr. Stetson was less ser
iously damaged.
Mr. Norman Peacock’s hand was
badly cut, necessitating several
stitches. Besides bruises, the oth
ers escaped unhurt; which consider
ing the damage to the cars, is re
markable.
BUY A BALE LIST
CONTINUES TO GROW
Other Names Are Added to the Hon
or Roll. Bales on Display at
Stores and on Front Porches.
Several others in Forsyth have
joined the Roll of Honor and have
bought bales of cotton from farmers
at 10 cents per pound. There may
be some that we have not heard of,
but we do know of nearly a dozen
more who have sshown their patri
otic loyalty and interest in their sec
tion by buying a bale at 10 cents per
pound and holding it off the market.
Not only have some of the mer
chants had this cotton baled iin bag
ging of white cotton cloth and plac
ed the bales in theiir windows and ii
' front of their stores, but several of
the citizens of the town have placed
the cotton on their front porche
that the public may ^ee and “do
likewise.”
It is a commendable purpose.
( ire should be other-. Mr-!. J. 1.
Stephens has purchased a 10 cent
a pound bale, covered with white
cotton cloth and has it on the fror.‘
JUDGE DANIEL NAMED
SIRE OF ODD FELLOWS
Highest Office in Gift of Order Given
to Flynt Circuit Judge. Only Man
to Head Two Such Orders.
Judge Robt. T. Daniel, of Griffin,
Tuesday was unanimously elected
Grand Sire of the Odd Fellows of
the World by the Sovreign Grand
Lodge, now in session at Atlantic
City, N. J. He was nominated by W.
S. Coleman, of Atlanta, and received
a tremendous ovation.
This is the highest office in the
great Order of Odd Fellows, whose
membership is more than two and a
quarter million. To be elected Grand
Sire is one of the highest fraternal
honors that can be conferred.
Judge Daniel holds the unique dis
tinction of beiing the only man who
was ever at the head of two of the
leading secret fraternities. Some
years ago he was Great Incohonee
of the Red Men, and having now
been elected Grand Sire of the Odd
Fellows makes him one of the most
prominent secret fraternity men in
the world.
Judge Daniiel’s record when he
was at the head of the Red Men was
so unusual and splendid that he was
after his term of office the recipient
of unusual honors. A committee
was appointed to visit him at his
home and present to him a testi
monial of love and esteem. Thib
was never done before or since.
The Odd Fellows of Georgia num
ber nearly forty thousand.
porch of her handsome bungalow;
Mr. E. N. Goodwyne has a similar
bale on the front porch of his home
on Mam St., Capt. J. M. Fonder and
Mrs. Ponder both have hales in
white bagging, which are on dis
play at the First Natioonal Bank;
Bramblett & Son have purchased
two 10 cent bales, in white bagging,
which they have on exhibition at
their hardware store; Mr. J. W.
Mays has purchased a bale at 10
cents; as have Messrs. E. D. Rudi
sill and W. C. Hill; while Mr. Ralph
E. Ponder has bought a bale and
will place it on his front porch; Mr.
B. Luntz has bought a bale and as
soon as it is covered with white cot
ton bagging, it will be placed on the
porch of his bungalow’. Mrs. \\ . \\ .
McMullen purchased the first bale
at 10 cents in the county and, as
chronicled in last week’s Advertiser,
O. A. Oxford & Co. have also bought
a bale, which is on display at theiir
store. The Bank of Forsyth also
eehas bought a bale and has it on ex
hibition.
There may be others. If so their
name- arc inadvertently omitted.
Buy your bale; buy it now and
I give us your name.
. Come to the help of your -.eetion;
|be loyal; show your willingness to
i improve the situation.
R.B. STEPHENS’FAIR
COMES OCTOBER 10
Prizes Offered in May to be Awarded
in Front of Bank of Forsyth on
Saturday, October the Tenth.
In May Mr. R. B. Stephens, Presi
dent of the Bank of Forsyth, offered
a series of prizes to be awarded at
his fair in October.
It has been the practice of Mr.
Steplnyis to hold an impromptu
“lair in front of his bank, and last
year he had a most successful “hog
contest in which he gave away sev
era! cash prize- to the successful
contestants. This year he is to hold
a contest on ti much larger scale, and
is to offer prizes not only for the
largest hog, hut tor cows, chickens,
butter, corn, colts, and even for the
finest and prettiest, baby.
As announced in May, this fair is
to be held in front of the Bank of
Forsyth on Saturday, October 10th,
and is expected to create much inter
est in things agriculturally in the
county.
Especially this year, when the peo
ple are in better position than ever
before to see the evil of the all cot
ton plan and the great advantage of
crop di versification and of the rais
ing of supplies at home, Mr. Steph
ens is rendering a real service to the
people of this county. If the ap
proaching exhibition is the success
of the hog contest last fall and the
success that this new one now bids
lair to be, Mr. Stephens intends to
make his exhibition an annual af
fair.
Mr. Stephens is giving, away SIOO
in prizes; yet he feels that it will be
money well spent if it can result in
stimulating the people to raise bet
ter stock, better hogs, better corn
and other crops and if they can be
led to diversify and to farm in
tensively.
The only condition is that the ar
ticles and animals be exhibited in
front of the Bank of Forsyth on
Saturday, October 10th, and the
prizes will then be awarded and the
contest held, rain or shine.
The contests are open to the peo
ple of the county and anyone, white
or colored, can enter. All who can
should take part.
The list of prizes is as follows:
For the best cow $5,
For the best heifer $5.
For the best pair of pigs $5.
For the best coop of ehiiekens. $5.
For the best horse colt $5.
For the best mule colt $5.
For the largest hog $lO,
For the secon dlargest h0g....55.
For the third largest hog $5.
For the fourth largest h0g....55.
For the best and largest variety
of things raised on one farm...slo.
For the largest sweet potato $2.50.
For the largest turnip $2.50.
For the best bushel of c0rn.52.50.
For the best corn stalk with ears
$2.50.
For the best cotton stalk. .$2.50.
For the prettiest pound of butter
$2.50.
I’or the finest baby not over two
years old $lO.
For the prettiest baby not over
two years old $lO.
ECHECONNEE UNION ASSO-
CIATION MEETS IN FORSYTH.
The Forsyth Primitive Baptist
church was the host Friday, Satur
day and Sunday to the Echeconnee
Union Association and a large
crowd of delegates and visitors were
in attendance upon the meetings.
I here wa- preaching morning, af
ternoon and evening, with a delight
ful dinner on the grounds each day;
and those in teatndance upon the
meetings of the Association report
that it was a most decided success.
Some excellent sermons were deliv
ered and much good w, - accomplish
ed by the commingling of the dele
gates from the various churches.
Ihe ame officer.- wc^c re- lected
for next year: Moderat r, W. W.
Chik , oi Yatesville, and Clerk, W.
11. Brown, of Macon.
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