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MONROE ADVERTISER !
ESTABLISHED 1854
(Enterd as Second Class Mail Matter
at the Postoffice at Forsyth, Ga.)
J. H. CLARKE, Editor and Owner
Official Organ of City of Forsyth
and Monroe County
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X paffy copy.
There is a vacancy on the county
board of education. It would be well
for the place to be filled by a Rocke
feller though a Henry Ford might do.
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If anticipation is worth more than
realization, the continued delay of
spring has brought to us a consider
able blessing for which we have had
no tendency to feel thankful.
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The Hon. Jesse E. Mercer is being
mentioned as a probable candidate
for Governor. He is being strongly
endorsed in many sections and from
what we know of him personally and
by reputation he would make the state
an excellent Governor. He has been
and is a strong advocate of law en
forcement along lines which though
of vital importance to the welfare
of the state have always required
men of strong convictions and charac- '
ter.
It has been suggested that the pav- '
Ing of the highway might be made a j
substantial source of help to the j
schools. This could be done by hav
ing efficient traffic officers to en- j
force the speed limit through the city.
It appears now that autoists who have {
to lose time while passing through
Griffin and Barnesville make up the
same on the way through Forsyth.
There will be an even stronger ten
dency to do this after the highway is
paved and the proper enforcement of .
traffic laws would in all probability
secure a goodly sum in fines which
could be applied to school expenses.
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.We note that the Peach Festival
at Fort Valley is to be staged on a
larger scale this year and that other
counties will take part. The peach
industry is becoming an important
factor in the agricultural and com
mercial life of Monroe county and the
^people are more than ever interested
in all that pertains to this great
branch of the fruit industry. Some
of the best young orchards in the
state are in Monroe county. The
orchards are kept in fine condition
and are being enlarged and there is
prospect that in a few years this will
be among the leading peach produc
ing counties of Georgia.
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The county primary is over with
the usual result that some have been
pleased and others disappointed. The
campaign, we believe, was a clean
one, even though the contests were
close in some cases. In every instance
there were good men for whom the
pepple had opportunity to vote, and
since the decision has bee n made at
the ballot box it will be the part of
wisdom for us all to do what we can
to support every official in the pro
per discharge of his duties. No of
ficial can accomplish the good he may
desire if he does not have the en
couragement and help of the people
whom he represents.
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THE SCHOOL SITUATION.
It is not possible at the time that
this is written to make any authori- 1
tative statement as to the length of
this year’s school term in Monroe
county. Claims are being made on 1
the eve of the election that the school ■
debt has been greatly reduced and ]
that sufficient funds will be available 1
to conduct the schools for the full '
term. The time at which these report ।
are being spread does not strengthen ,
the probability of their accuracy. The ,
chances are that the term will be I
shortened and it is not too soon, 1
therefore, to begin to consider what ’
is going to be done in the event that (
the schools cannot be financed furth- i
er as county institutions.
There are two main question to be
| considered. The first is as to wheth
* <Aithe people desire the schools to
j^tinue in order that the children
may have the advantage of a nine
month's term. We believe that all
have such a desire. The second ques
tion will then arise as to how the con
tinuation of the term is to be paid
for. It may be that various plans
will be suggested and certainly the
best possible ought to be chosen. The
first step would be for the schools to
be closed for the year as county in
stitutions. The buildings could then
be offered by the board to the pat
rons of the schools to be used by them
' for the balance of the school year in
conducting schools under private,
management. The cost involved in |
I the continuation of the term would •
have to be paid by those patronizing'
the schools and this could be prorat
ed according to the number of pupils.'
This appears to be the fairest manner
of solving the educational problem
with which we are confronted.
There is an additional problem in
, connection with the conduct of the 1
. schools for full terms during succeed
• ing years. On account of the debt with
1 which the system in this county is |
’ hampered it does not seem that the
, schools of the county can possibly]
• be run for nine months and paid out
of the county funds.
{ As a county, we ought to desire to
get rid of this debt as soon as possi-
ble and place the schools again on a
'safe financial foundation. Here again
j various plans may arise for consid-
I eration. While a nine months’ term*
at the expense of the county is most
desirable, it will be found that very
few counties i n the state conduct
heir schools for nine months. That
nay be one reason why such counties
lave a school system which is free
from debt. A possible . plan would
be to conduct all the schools at the
expense of the county for six months,
which is all that the law requires in
order to enable the county to partic
ipate in the state funds, and then '
give each school the privilege of be- ’
ing conducted privately for the re- 1
mainder of the nine months. A sur- '
plus could thus be accumulated for 1
the payment of the debt and with the
least hardship to the people unless 1
some form of county wide taxation ’
could be agreed upon. j
The city of Forsyth doubtless faces 1
the necessity of formulating some '
concerted and abiding plan of action !
in coming to the financial support of
her schools. A prominent educator
is authority for the statement that ,
Forsyth is probably the only tow n of ’
her size in Georgia which does not '
supplement the funds with which to '
conduct her schools. The fact is that
Forsyth through taxation pays about '
one-half of the actual expense of the '
conduct of the schools of the city. !
While this is probably true of other j
towns in the matter of taxation, the
time has come for Forsyth to devise :
some plan whereby the necessary
funds may be secured to keep her
schools up-to-date and running the
full term. An arrangement might be
perfected with the board whereby the
tow n would be allowed to manage
her own school as a part of the coun
ty system with the understanding that
Forsyth receive her prorata share of
the county funds and be allowed to
add to those funds as may appear
best in the management of her
Schools. These and other educational
problems are before those who have
the interest of the schools at heart
and the above is written i n the hope
that it may stimulate thought and
help in the formulation of whatever
plans may be considered best under
the circumstances.
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STEPHENS PRAISES WORK OF
TALMADGE ON SCHOOL BOARD
Dear Brother Clarke: The Adver
tiser with the Macon and Atlanta pa
pers, stated that Mr. Talmadge had
served twenty years as a member of
the board of education of Monroe
county, and most of the time as
chairman. This is an error. He act
ually served twenty-seven years and
had he served his term out, would
have been twenty-nine years.
That is a record any man should
be proud of. It looks as though it is
up to me to say just a few words in
behalf of my life-long friend, for we
have been intimate friends for fifty
years. That is a pretty good test of
ne’s loyalty.
I know of my personal knowledge,
that Mr. Talmadge has many, many,
t mes in that long period of time, neg
bcted, and let his own large business
interest suffer, to do his duty by
the schools. I doubt if the board of
education ever had a more active or
loyal member. He gave his unstinted
time to thei r advancement both night
and day. He has run a free auto for
years, meeting all strangers who come
.here in the interest of the schools,
carrying them around town, and out
to country schools to meet the teach
ers etc. Courtesies of that kind, al
ways gives a stranger a good opinion
of a town, and is far reaching in its
results. Mr. Talmadge is an adept in
entertaining strangers, being hem- •
self naturally of a social, genial, sun
ny, disposition. His best asset, is his 1
wit and humor. Brother Dix, the late f
and lamented pastor of our Baptist 1
church, once remarked to me that he f
never would get to be over sixteen 1
years old.
The papers gave out a rather in- J
correct impression .as to Mr. Tai- ‘
madge health. He is in good health J
for a man of his age. It is true he
did receive a little shock, at the not
ed mass meeting held here last year,
but in a few days, was back to
normalcy. That bombastic mass
meeting, was a bigger thing, with its
investigations to Forsyth, than the
Teapot-Dome Daugherty probing is
now in Washington city.
Whe n you pass by the elegant high
school building and see our good
country school houses, all so neat and
comfortable looking, you can rest as
sured he did his full part in getting
them. I don’t mean to convey the
impression at all that Mr. Talmadge j
was the whole board, but I fully be- |
lieve that the whole board will en- .
THE MONROE ADVERTISER
corse what I have written.
| Anyone who has served his county
iii one capacity or office for nearly
{29 years, clearly demonstrates the
fact that he has the confidence and
good will of the majority of its citi
zens.
I ihe only charge ever made against
him was that he sometimes played a
little politics, etc. “He that is not
guilty, let him cast the first stone.”
| Many will say, “Well done, thou
good and faithful servant.”
I I sincerely hope a good man will
take his place and work in harmony
with the other members of our effi
cient board. R. B. STEPHENS.
REPLY TO MR. J. O. HARTLEY,
j The roar of the lion isn’t nearly so
fierce when heard from behind its
prison bars. And it certainly seems
that friend Hartley placed himself
safely behind breastworks when he
selected the last issue of the Adver
tiser before the election on March 19
to publish his ugly insinuations about
Mr. Phinazee. Now, Mr. Hartley,
since you have presented the topic,
I d like for you to answer the follow
ng questions:
Isn’t it a fact that when Mr. Phin
azee was defeated by Hon. O. H. B.
Bloodworth, Jr., that the county was
only SB,OOO in debt? And didn't
Mr. Phinazee operate under 3 1-2
mils and build school houses about
over the county? And didn’t Mon
roe county have three superintend
ents during one term (O. H. B. Blood
worth, Jr., R. L. Williams, A. M.
Zellner) ? And didn’t they operate
under 5 1-2 mills? What did they
build? Wasn’t the high school build
ing (Center house) and negro col
lege bought while Mr. Phinazee was
ex-superintendent? And when Mr.
Phinazee returned to office wasn’t
the county about $68,000 in debt?
Now Mr. Hartley one question
more. Who did you authorize to
write that letter for you? And why
didn’t you publish it before the an
nouncements were made and give Mr.
Phinazee time to defend himself.
Truth crushed to earth shall rise
again. KATHLEEN.
SALE OF LAND.
Georgia, Monroe County.—The un
dersigned will offer for sale before
the court house door of Monroe
county, Georgia, on the first Tuesday
in April, 1924, beginning at ten
o’clock a. m., to the highest bidder
for cash the following property, to
wit: All that tract or parcel of land
lying and being in Kelsey’s district,
said state and county, and containing
seventy-five (75) acres, more or less,
bounded as follows: North by a cer
tain branch known as Moran branch
and a certain branch running east
into said Moran Gin branch, south
by .county line between said county
of Monroe and Crawford counties,
and west by lands of C. B. Wooten
place. Said lands being conveyed
by D. B. Bagley to Merchants &
Planters Bank, Culloden, Ga., by deed
dated January 9, 1923, recorded in
deed book 42 page 46, to secure a
note of that date for $770.00, due
December Ist, 1923, with 8 per cent
interest after maturity, and said
grantee being given the right on fail
ure to make payment of said note
promptly at maturity to sell said land
as herein advertised for the purpose
of payment of said debt with interest
and costs of sale, the balance of pro
ceeds of sale to be returned to grant
or. There is due the entire amount
called for by said note, and said land
will be sold to satisfy said indebeded
ness, which is past due and unpaid.
Deed will be made to successful bid
der by the undersigned under the ex
press authority of said loan deed.
This 4th day of March, 1924. MER
CHANTS & PLANTERS BANK, Cul
loden, Georgia. Willingham & Wil
lingham, Attorneys at Law.
NOTICE TO DEFENDANTS.
In Superior Court of Monroe coun
ty, Georgia.—Number 1814, Febru
ary Term, 1924.—-Suit on Note.—
Forsyth Trading Company versus J.
W. Thornton, S. E. Thornton, C. L.
Thornton, W. C. Thornton and R. O.
Thornton.—The defendants, C. L.
Thornton, W. C. Thornton and R. Q.
Thornton being non-residents of the
State of Georgia, and this fact hav
ing been shown to the satisfaction of
Hon. G. Ogden Persons, Judge of the
Superior Court of Flint Judicial Cir
cuit, by order of the said Judge:
The defendants, C. L. Thornton,
W. C, Thornton and R. O. Thornton,
are hereby required personally or by
attorney to be and appear at the Su
perior Court to be held in and for
the said count cf Monroe on
the third Monday in May, 1924, then
and there to answer the plaintiff’s
complaint in action for suit on note
as in default hereof, the Court will
proceed as to justice shall appertain.
Witness the Honorable G. Ogden
Persons, Judge of said Court, this the
28th day of February, 1924. JNO.
O. PONDER, Clerk Superior Court,
Monroe County, Ga. 3-13-20 44-3-10
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CRED
ITORS
State of Georgia, Monroe County.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
having demands against Athy Wright,
late of said county, deceased, to pre
sent them to me, properly made out,
within the time prescribed by law,
so as to show their character and
amount. And all persons indebted to
said deceased are hereby required to
make immediate payment to me. B.
S. WILLINGHAM, Administrator of
Athy Wright, deceased. 4-10
J. H. Spratling
OPTOMETRIST I
Specialist in Relief of
Eye Strain
652 Cherry St. Phone 9861
Macon, Ga.
SHERIFF’S SALES
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in
April, 1924, between the usual
hours of sale, before the court house
doo r in Forsyth, the following de
scribed property, to-wit:
One farm situate, lying and being
in the twelfth (12th) land district of
Monroe county, Ga., being all of land
lot number two hundred five (205),
containing two hundred and two and
one 7 half (202 1-2) acres, more or
less, and six (6) acres in the south
east corner of land lot number two
hundred thrty-eight (238); contain
ing in the aggregate two hundred
eight and one-half (208 1-2) acres,
more or less; and bounded as fol
lows i n 1917: North by land of Mrs.
L ,E. Harbuck, east by land of Chas.
O’Neal, south by public road divid
ing Monroe and Crawford county,
and land of G. Z. Blalock (formerly
Lindsey place), and west by lands of
H, L. Harbuck and G. Z. Blalock,
This being the land deeded to Van
Buren Horne by Wesley F. Smith by
deed dated November 9, 1893, re
corded in deed book 27, folio 70, in
the clerk’s office of Monroe Supe
rior Court, and being the place
whereo n p. T. G. O’Neal resided in
1917. Said land levied on and to be
sold as the property of D. T. G.
O’Neal to satisfy a fi fa issued from
Monroe Superior Court in favor of
The Investors Mortgage Security
Company, Limited, vs. D. T. G.
O’Neal. Tenant in possession noti
fied as required by law.
Also at the same time and place
will be sold the following described
property, to-wit: 70 1-4 acres of
land in Brantleys district, Monroe i
county, Ga., and bounded as follows:!
North by lands of T. N, Davies, east
by lands of G. R. Davis and H. J. j
McKenney estate, south by public
road from Smarrs to H. J. McKenney j
place and lands of Mrs. W. E. Davis]
and formerly owned by J. W. Ben
son, west by lands of Mrs. R. D. ।
Maddox and J. W. Benso n and
Smarrs and Venture road, there be-j
ing two acres west of the Smarrs and I
Venture road and included in this i
tract. This levy being made subject
o a lien in favor of Monroe County
Bank, and the lands levied upon as
the property of J. J. Gilreath under
an execution in favor of C. W. Hill
as administrator of the estate of D.
O. Trammell, deceased, and against
T. J. Gilreath to satisfy said fi fa
‘■’.sued from Monroe Superior Court.
Tenant in possession notified as re
quired by law. This March 4, 1924.
L. C. BITTICK, Sheriff.
SALE UNDER POWER.
Georgia, Monroe County.—Under
and by virtue of a power of sale
granted and conveyed by D. O. Tram
mell to The Farmers Bank of For
syth, Monroe county, Georgia, in a
deed to secure a debt executed Nov.
22nd, 1920, and of record in Clerk’s
Office in Deed Book 41 folio 3, there
will be sold at public outcry before
the court house door in Forsyth, Mon
roe county, Georgia, to the highest
bidder for cash, within the legal
hours of sale, beginning at 10 o’clock
a. m., on the 29th day of March,
1923, the following described realty,
to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land
lying and being at Smarrs Station on
the Central of Georgia railroad
right-of-way containing four (4)
acres, more or less, upon which there
are several houses, store house, gin
house, dwelling and other houses and
more particularly described as being
bounded on the north by the Central
of Georgia railroad right-of-way and
lands of R. D. Maddox, on the east
by the right-of-way of the Central
of Georgia railroad, on the south by
lands of B. T. Banks, on the west
by lands of R. D. Maddox.
Said deed being executed to secure
the payment of a promissory note
dated November 22nd, 1920, for the
principal sum of $5,000.00 due on de
mand, and bearing interest at the
rate of 8 per cent per annum from
date. Said indebtedness being past
due and unpaid and said grantee
electing to execute the power of sale
conveyed in said deed, will sell said
lands under said power, and in ac
cordance with a decree of the Hon.
Wm. E. 11. Searcy, Jr., judg-> of the
superior court of Monroe county, un
der date of March 3rd, 1923, the pro
ceeds derived from said sale will be
applied as follows: (1) To the pay
ment of any State and County taxes
due against said lands, (2) to the
payment of principal and interest of
the $5,000.00 debt due The Farmers
Bank, and (3) to the payment in full
of the note due W. C. Hill, B. U.
Rumble and E. D. Rudisill, executed
by said D. O. Trammell for $1,962.40
principal and interest at 8 pe r cent
per annum from November Ist, 1920.
D, O. Trammell, grantor, having died
since the execution of said note and
deed, said lands will be sold as the
property of the estate of D. O. Tram
mell, and if there be any residue de
rived from the proceeds of the sale
after discharging the indebtedness
herein specified, the same will be
turned over to the estate of said D.
O. Trammell, deceased. Title deed
will be executed unto the purchaser
at said sale under and by virtue of
said power of sale conveyed in said
deed and said decree of Monroe Su
perior Court. This Bth day of March,
1923. THE FARMERS BANK.
ADMINISTATOR’S SALE.
Georgia, Monroe County.—By vir
tue of an order from the Court of
Ordinary of Monroe county, will be
sold at public outcry on the first
Tuesday in April, 1924, at the court
house door j n said county, between
the legal hours of sale, the tract of
land in said county and described as
follows: One house and lot in the
City of Forsyth, Ga., containing one
quarter of an acre, more or less, and
bounded on the north by Jones street,
east by lot of Leonadas Gordon,
south by A. & M. School and west
by lot of Mrs. Z. M. Maynard. Sold
as the property of Charlotte Bradley,
deceased, to pay debts. Terms cash.
This 3rd day of March, 1924. F. B.
WILLINGHAM, Administrator of
Charlotte Bradley.
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