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MONROE ADVERTISER
VOL. 6l
The annual conference of governors was held at Boston, and Governor Walsh of Massachusetts, the official host, led in the dis-
N*ewa sqaps'horts cussions, the national defense being a leading topic. The sessions were held in the historic old statehouse in Bos.
Os ‘he week ton. The Russian official report that the German warship Moltke was sunk in the gulf of Riga, together with several other
Teutonic fighting craft, was denied by the German war oflice. Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria was again asked by the allies to join
in the war against Germany and Austria. Chairman Walsh of the United States industrial commission signed a report, urging that the government limit all
private fortunes so as not to exceed the sum of $1.000.000.
$4.80 PER THOUSAND
Governor and Comptrolier General
Fix Tax Rate for Coming Year.
Slight Increase Over Last Year
The state tax rate for 1915 has
been fixed at $4.80 on the $1,000.00.
This is next to the smallest rate the
state has ever known and is only
one-third of a mill higher than the
present rate.
The rate has been as high as 6.20
mills, before the adoption of the
constitutional amendment, fixing five
mills ds the maximum assessment,
and it has never been below 4.50
mills. :
Considering the natural depres
sion caused by the war and the de
preciation in the value of real estate,
the people of the state should con
gratulate themselves that the rate
is so low.
Governor Harris and Comptroller-
General Wright fixed the rate on
Thursday. Following the confer
ence the executive committee order
wag issued: : |
Ordered, That the following
rates of taxation be assessed |
and collected upon the amounts Jl
of the taxable property return
ed by or assessed against each |
tax payer, and upon the value
of all property in this state sub-
Jeet to taxasion, ad valorem, |
and for the following purposes, |
respectively, to-wit: l
For the sinking fund to retire |
matured bonds of the state,
12-100 of a mill.
For general purposes, includ- |
ing the support of the common |
schools, 4.68. |
The whole state tax hereby lev
ied and assessed making $4.80 for
each thousand (%1,000) worth
of property for all purposes for
the year 1915. N. E., HARRIS,
WM. A. WRIGHT Governor
Comrtpoller General. ‘
‘NEW GIN, OPERATED BY ELEC
TRICITY BEGINS OPERATIONS l
The gin just\ere(fted by Mr. Z. ’VI‘
Maynard, on South Jackson Street,
next to his new warehouse, has be
gun operations. The machinery is
ball-bearing and it is a high-class,
up-to-date gip in every detail. There
are four seventy-saw gin stands,
and the gin has a capacity of sixty
! “bales in a ten hour day . There
\‘,u no steam; the gin being operated |
by a sixty horse power electric mo
tor. The gin is also electrically
lighted.
Many people have been down to
see the new gin and the public is
given a cordial invitation to come
down and inspect the gin and see the
wethod of operation. The gin will
be in charge of Mr. Sim Zellner,
while Frank Owens will have charge
of the ginning. ]
FORSYTH. MONROLE COUNTY, GEORGIA.SEPTEMBER 3, 1915
FIRE DESTROYS
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~ DOSTER'S HOME
|
!House Owned by H. W. Nalley Catch
‘ es Fire on Monday Night. Fire
Dept. Called Out Three Times.
l Fire, which was discovered about
|7:30 Monday night almost complete
!!y destroyed the house of Mr. H. W.
INalley—tha‘ old M. LittJe home—
,l.oovupied by Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Dos
iter. The origin of the fire is un
{known, both Mr. and Mrs. Doster
| being away from home at the time;
‘Mr. Doster was at the Southern Cot
ton Oil Company’s Mill, and Mrs.
'Doster was visiting friends.
| Almost the entire house was in
'flames when the alarm was rung
and because of the faet that the
' house was far back from the street,
|some time was lost in getting a
'stream of water on the house. The
| firemen, however, did good work and
' saved a part of the house and out
lbuildings.
i A good part of the Doster’s house
hold effects were saved. They had
{no insurance. The house, it is un
‘derstood, was insured for SI,OOO.
| During the progress of the fire,
'someone discovered that a chicken
ihouse close to the dwelling was fill
ed with chickens. The doors were
‘opened and soon the air was filled
with flying fowls. In their flight;
many of them made for the fire, but
théy were finalls “shooed” away. '
The fire flared up again on Tues
day afternoon and a smouldering
spark somewhere set fire to one of
the outhouses Tuesday uight. The'
fire company was called out each
time. ’
FRANK REAGAN TO EDIT
THE COVINGTON NEWS.
Judge Frank Reagan, of McDon- |
ough, has purchased the Cuvingtung
News and is to take charge of this
paper on September Ist. Mr. Rea
gan formerly lived in Forsyth and
has many friends here who are in
terested in this announcement. Hl-‘
is an experienced newspaper man |
and will doubtless make a great sue- !
cess of this paper. |
DO YOU WANT TO SAVE MONEY?
Perhaps that’s a foolish question, but then we want to help yon
save twenty-five cents—not much, ’tis true, but a penny saved is a penny
made. We’ve a bunch of subscribers whose subscription has expired.
We've gently hinted at the fact that a dollar would be as welcome as the
flowers in May, but only a few have heeded our 8. 0. 5. signal. To
show yon that we’re really in earnest about this matter; really in need
of those dollars you owe us on subscription, we've decided that to ev
ery subscriber who sends us in one dollar on subscription before Sep
tember 15th, we will give a three months subscription, in addition to
the year’s subscription which the dollar entitles him to. In other words,
you get twenty-five cents or a three months’ subscription free, by send
ing us the dollar before September 15th. This applies to everybody,
whether you’re behind or not.
Just writé us a check, send us a meney order or bring us the cash
and we'll extend the subscription for fifteen months, and we'll likewise
give you our grateful thanks THE EDITOR
JOY RIDING NEGROES
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" RECEIVE BIG FINES
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~Car Load of Negro Visitors Arouse
Mayor Hardin’s Ire. Ride Cost
Most of Them $75.
| i e
: Forsyth received some visitors
tearly Friday morning that were not
tultogether welcome. They were six
{negroes who decided to take an
ieurly morning joy ride. After mid
inight they left the Central City and
'paid a visit to friends in Forsyth.
|About five-thirty they rode up in
|frdnt of one of Forsyth’s hardware
,storcs to fix a blow-out and pur
'cha:«a an inner tube. But while they
| were standing there, one of the party
!got a little too promiscuous with his
profanity and the others became a
llittl(e too hilarious and ’tis said a
;littlv too affectionate, so, Chief of
{ Poice 1. S. Maynard, at the request
of certain citizens, arrested the
bunch.
Before Mayor H. H. Hardin an in
teresting trial was held, but he, too,
seemed to object to the conduct of
those on trial and deciding that
| Forsyth should not i, the future be
Imade the rendezvous of negro joy
:riders, fined Bessie Miller, Mary
‘llumilton, Annie Jenkins, Geo. Pat
terson and Joseph Colbert $75 or
| sixty days on the streets and sen
| tenced Robert Flournoy, the negre
'(‘huuf'f(-,ur who piloted the ill fated
car, SSO or fifty days.
Anyway, the parties at interest,
who were having so enjoyable a
'timu in the early morning hours, will
inot feel like coming back to Forsyth
’un a simiar trip soon.
BIG RATTLER FOUND
: IN MONROE COUNTY.
i On last Tuesday, J. W. Simpson
'and Drew Jackson discovered a rat- ‘
‘tle snake five feet long on the road
leading frem Juliette to Hofly Grove,
at the old Dr. Speer place. The snake
was killed by these men and was
found to have eight rattles and ul
’ button.
{ A rattlesnake in Monroe county
!is an unusual sight and it is not
[known where this one came from.
!COURT GRINDS AWAY
Many Cases Are Tried. Solicitor
General Owen Successfui in
. Most of the Prosecutions.
All this week the Superior Court
has been engaged in the trial of
criminal business. The state has
been ably and eloquently represent
ed by Solicitor General Emmet Owen,
of Zebulon, and he has been most
successful in the number of conviet
ions. He is a fearless and con
scientious prosecuting officer; indeed
the general consensus of opinion is
[that there is no better or more cap
fable Solicitor in the entire state.
The tree white boys, O. M. Snider,
0. J. Hudgins and Jerry Harrison,
of Griffin, who were accused of
drunkenness and cursing on the pub
lic highway, near Smarrs, while out
taking a joy ride, were convicted
and each drew a fine of S4O or 10
months, They ran into a negro’s
buggy near Smarrs and created a
disturbance.
Matthew Smith, a negro, drew a
sentence of eight months straight
for forging a check on the Fipst
National Banks.
Other cases disposed of, were as
follows :
’ Charlie Brown—gaming—plea of
guilty—=s4o or 10 months.
| Philip Bell—gaming—plea of guil
lt.y-—-.%'-»fl) or 10 months,
~ Whit Colvard—s3o or 10 months.
Asbury Battle—gaming—plea of
guilty—=44o or 10 months,
Rufus Tooley—gaming—plea of
guilty—s4o or 10 months. j |
Hardy Redding—plea of guilty— |
S4O or 10 months.
Paul Tooley—plea of gnilty—s4o
or 10 months, - |
Morgan Wright—plea of guilty—
three years in the penitentiary.
Bob Durden—plea. of guilty—4sso or
10 months, |
Will Moon—gaming—nplea of guil
ty—%s4o or 10 months. ‘
Jim Griffith—gaming—plea of |
guilty—%4o or 10 months. |
Haynes Howard—gaming—plea |,
of guilty—%4o or 10 months. |
Dave Greer—gaming—plea of |
guilty—s4o or 10 months. ‘
Jim Redding—gaming—plea of |
guilty—#4o or 10 months,
Frank Redding—gaming—plea of |
guilty—%4o or 10 months. '
Hardy Redding—selling liquor— |
plea of guity—lo months ;
Joe Watts—guilty of stabbing— |
12 months or SIOO. 1
George Farley—guilty of shooting |
at another—B months or S6O.
Herbert White—gaming—plea of |1
guilty—%s4o or 10 months. |
Charlie Couch—gaming—plea of ||
guilty—%4o or 10 months. ’
Lee Hart—plea of guilty—s3s. !
Interesting Program Arranged For
Opening Exercises at 9 o’Clock.
The Public is Invited.
_Just a few more days of vacation
remain, for on next Monday the For
syth High School will begin its fall
session. As announced last week
an interesting program has been ar
ranged for Monday morning at nine
o'clock, and the public is cordially
invited to attend these exercises.
Mr. T. R. Talmadge, the President
of the County Board of Education,
will ‘preside. Short talks on school
subjects will be made by Messrs, U.
S. Fuller, of Cullpden, and B. F.
Hill, of Forsyth., There will also
be readings by Miss Eleanor Perry,
of the Department of Expression;
as well as other interestng features.
The prospects are extremely
bright for a most successful year at
this school.
REUNION OF THE
| RUMBLE FAMILY
An altogether delightful affair
was the reunion of the Rumble fam
ily on last Sunday, August 29th, at
the old Rumble home, now occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Rumble,
near Smarrs,
Music, singing and childhood jokes
were among the features of the day,
also it was very interesting to watch
the little ones at play. There are in
the family, living today, mother, ten
children and twenty-six grandchil
dren,
At one o'clock all were invited out
to dinner, which was served in the
shade of the trees. One of the little
ones expressed it indeed when he
said “the reunion would he at the
table out there.” Just everything
nice in the way of barbecue, fried
chicken, salad, pickles, cakes, pies
and custards of all kinds, with iced
tea,.
Those present were: Mrs. Joe
Rumble, Mr. B. U. Rumble and chil
dren, Frances and Mallory, Mr. and
Mrs. Gabriel Parks Rumble and
children, Gabriel, Charles Taylor,
Robert Clevelund and Helen, of Ma«
’«un, Mrs. Joe Lee Green and chil
‘dren, Anne Belle, Woodbridge and
Bealer, of The Rock, Mr. E. ¢, Rum
ble and children, Mary Lee, Jose
phine, Laura Walls and Emily, Mr.
and Mrs, U. L. Porch and son, Dou
gas, Prof. D. Rumble and children,
Kxa Wylene and Douglas, Jr., of
Oxford, Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Rum
ble and children, Florine and Fred
erick, Mr. and Mrs. Woodbridge
Rumble and son, Parks, of Tignall,
Miss Wylene Rumble and Mr. Lester
Rumbe, Mr. and Mrs. E. Rumble, of
Goggans, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Walls,
of The Rock, Misses Anna, Louise
and Inez Rumble, of Barnesville,
Mrs. Theo Rumble and Miss Marie
Rumble.
QUITMAN GUARDS HAVE EN
JOYABLE HIKE
The Quitman Guards took their
annual hike on Saturday night, going
out to the farm of Mr. J. M. Flet
cher, beyond Stuart’s Mill. The
company left town at 9 p, m. and
made excellent marching time to the
camp. The “pup” tents were piteh
ed along the branch on the level
streteh of pasture that has been
chosen as a rifle range and which
will be so fitted up when the govern
ment has time to raise the necessary
funds. :
In the morning a drill was held
and the remainder of the day was
spent in resting, until the barbecue
dinner was served to the company
and some of the friends of the mem
bers at 12:30. It was an excellent
barbecue, too; that was the unani
mous verdiet.
The tents were struck at 4:30 and
the return march made, the men
reaching town, hot and dusty, but
kappy, withal, ’
About forty-five men made the
trip.
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