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The Monroe Advertiser
VOLUME SEVENTY-TWO
IRWIN RETIRES IN
TALK’S FAVOR
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MILLS OF JENKINSBLi.
QUITS COMMISSIONER
IN EFFORT TO ENCOMPASS
DEFEAT OF J. J. BROWN.
The second withdrawal within less
than a week from the race for state
commissioner of agriculture came
Tuesday when John R. Irwin, of
Sandersville, the first man to an
nounce his candidacy, officially with
drew. Mr. Irwin conferred here last
Saturday with Eugene Talmadge, of
Mcrae, and indicated then that he
■would withdraw in favor of Mr. Tal
madge, which he did.
The formal withdrawal of Colonel
Irwin came in a letter to Mrs. Bes
sie Anderson, secretary of the Demo
cratic state executive committee, in
■which he said that he was inclosing
Iris withdrawal, and asked that his
name be left off the ticket for the
primary on September 8.
■“lt is apparent to all patriotic citi
zens of Georgia that if the political
machine operated by Mr. J. J. Brown,
known as the agricultural depart
ment, is to be reorganized, some of
the candidates now running for com
missioner must be eliminated,” the
letter said.
“I therefore withdraw from the
race, putting patriotism and duty
above ambition.
“I believe that the people, through
Eugene Talmadge, of Mcßae, Ga.,
may forever rid themselves of this
political monster, which for 30 years
has throttled legislation, retarded
progress, encouraged graft, inef
ficiency, and nepotism and made this
great department of the government
a personal asset rather than a public
trust.”
The retirement of Mr. Irwin, fol
lowing the withdrawal of James H.
Mills, of Jenkinsburg, last Saturday,
leaves only four candidates for the
commissionership. They are Com
missioner J. J. Brown, incumbent;
Eugene Talmadge, of Mcßae, Ga.;
Charles E. Stewart, of Arson, and
J. S. Settlesworth, of Gwinnett
county.
At a conference between the oppo
nents of Commissioner Brown held
last Friday at the Kimbell House,
Mr. Irwin voted with Mr. Talmadge
against the p'an of Mr. Stewart to
have each candidate appoint two
friends as a nominating board, to
eliminate all the candidates against
•Commissioner Brown,? except one.
He also joined Mr. Talmadge in a
request that the rules for the pri
mary be changed so as .to require a
majority vote to nominate a candi
date, and provide for a runover^ if
no candidate received a majority, G.
E. Maddox, of Rome, Ga., chairman
of the committee, replying to this
request, pointed out that the primary
law of Georgia provides for no run
overs in the commissioner of agri
cultur^r^pey-^lHanta Journaj^
COL. JAMES PINCKARD
DIES IN MONTGOMERY
The following account of the fu
neral of CoL Jas. Pinckard, a former
well known citizen of Forsyth, is tak
en from the Montgomery (Ala.) Ad
vertiser:
Attesting the honor and esteem of
the life of Col. James Steptoe Pinck
ard, who for many years has occu
pied a prominent position in the fi
nancial and social life of Montgom
ery, who died after an extended ill
ness late Thursday afternoon at his
home in Capitol Heights, a throng of
friends and relatives gathered at the
family residence Friday afternoon to
pay their last respects to a citizen
who, during his life, took a leading
role in the progress of Montgomery.
Rev. R. D. Wilkinson, rector of St.
John’s Episcopal church, said the reg
ular Episcopal service, assisted by
Rev. C. A. Stakely, pastor of the
First Baptist church.
As further evidence of the esteem
in which Colonel Pinckard was held
among his legion of friends and busi-
ness associates, the casket was cov
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ered with a blanket of roses and
banked in front was a profusion of
beautiful roses, gladiolas and other
lovely flowers.
Colonel Pinckard is survived by his
wife, Mis. Nina Winter Pinckard, of
Montgomery, and two sisters, Miss
Mamie Pinckard and Mrs. L. A. Har
per, of Forsyth, Ga.
He was recognized in Montgomery
as the developer of Capitol Heights,
a municipality in which he took an
active interest in all movements
which lead to the development of the
section.
The dream of Col. Pinckard was
:o live to see Madison avenue, the
thoroughfare leading into Capitol
Heights paved. Friends and rela
tives rejoice in the fact that before
he was called into the other world
his dream was realized.
He was born in Forsyth, Ga., be
ing the son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Steptoe Pinckard, Jr., who journeyed
from Virginia to that state in the
first of the nineteenth century. He
received his education in the public
schools of his native city and in pri
vate schools of Boston and St. Paul,
Minn.
Col. Pinckard’s activities in Ala
baa'ma began at Tuscaloosa, where
he moved from Forsyth, becoming
associated with his relative, W. P.
Pinckard, in the practice of law.
Soon after he removed to Eutaw, and
established a farm loan office. From
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that time to the end of his life he
was a prominent figure in the pro
gress of Montgomery.
Colonel Pinckard was a member
of the First Baptist church. Last
rites for this prominent Montgomery
citizen were in Greenwood cemetery.
MRS. SCHUMPERT INJURED
WHEN AUTO OVERTURNS
Mrs. J. E. Schumpert suffered the
misfortune of a broken arm and
other accupants of the car were
severely shaken up when the Ford
sedan in which they were riding
overturned on the Culloden road Fri
day afternoon. The party, consist
ing of Mrs. Elbert Banks, Mrs. J.
E. Schumpert and daughter, Mary,
Messrs. Shi Goodwyne and Chambliss
Zellner, were returning from Warm
Springs when the accident happened.
When the attempt was made to drive
around a truck which had stopped in
front of the sedan the lights of the
truck were turned on causing the
driver of the sedan io veer into a
newly worked portion of the road
with the result that the car turned
over.
JUDGE PERSONS HOLDS COURT
TO RECEIVE PLEAS OF GUILTY
Judge Ogden Persons held a spe
cial session of superior court Satur
day to accommodate several trespass
ers against the laws of the state who
wished to plead guilty. John Wesley
Brown, negro, pleaded guilty to theft
of an auto tire and will do road work
for the next six months; John W.
Hammond was fined SSO for possess
ing whiskey. Hammond had parked
himself ip a seclued spot to deliver a
quart of booze to a stranger, it is
said, and when the man wakled up to
take charge of his whiskey he found ;
Chief of Police Jackson taking it out
of Hammond’s pocket. The stranger
did not interfere with the seizure in
any manner. Wilmer Head was fin
ed SSO or four months on the chain
gang for being drunk on the public
highway. Two other young men from
Welston, under bond for an alleged
offense here, were expected to ap
pear to plead guilty, but failed to
do so.
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DUD CANNON FINED $35
Dud Cannon, well known white
man who took a joy ride down the
newly paved section 0* the highway
west of Forsyth Monday night of last
week, was fined $35 for disorderly
conduct by Mayor Newton Wednes
day. Cannon’s conduct the night of
his wild ride also violated several
state laws, which will probably be in
vestigated by the grand jury at its
next session.
•sYTH. MONROE COUNTY, GEORGIA, JULY 22, 1926.
LOCAL MAN FIGURES
CAMPAIGN CHARGES
TALMADGE ASSERTS THAT AN
AGENT OF J. J. BROWN GOT
S4O FROM MAIMED VETERAN
FOR CAMPAIGN EXPENSES.
The Macon Telegraph’s Atlanta
correspondent sent his paper the fol
lowing story concerning alleged ac
tivities of employees of J. J. Brown’s
department in securing funds for use
in Brown’s campaign:
Eugene Talmadge, opposing J. J.
Brown for Commissioner of Agricul
ture, today made public his direct
charge that Commissioner Brown, de
spite the denial, did levy an assess
ment of 5 per cent on employees of
the agricultural department, and
cites a specific instance of money de
manded made by the department on
a “one-legged World War veteran.”
In his signed statement, Mr. Tal
madge says:
“Mr. Brown has vehemently denied
he assesses his various inspectors 5
per cent of their salaries as expenses
for Mr. Brown’s personal campaign.
The one way we can judge his pres
ent and his future, is by his past, and
Mr. Brown cannot deny that, in 1922
he assessed Mr. Hiliman 5 per cent
of his salary, with the other employes
of his department, to raise his cam
paign expenses for that year.
“Mr. Brown cannot deny that, last
Summer, while the legislature was in
session, an official from his office
went to Forsyth and demanded of
Cobb Holland, an oil inspector of
Monroe County, who is a one-legged
World War veteran, S4O to be used
in fixing the Legislature, as they ex
pressed it to Mr. Holland.
‘Mr. Brown cannot dsny that Mr.
Holland offered them a check for
this S4O, and they would not accept
it in the form of a check, and Mr.
' Holland had to have the cheek cashed
’ and gave it to them in money.”
“Mr. Cobb Holland is the son of
Ex-sheriff Tye Holland, of Monroe
County, and this information came
from Mr, Tye Holland to J. O. Pon
der, clerk of the court of Monroe,
.Judge Newton, Ordinary of Monroe
County, and J. M. Fletcher, repre
sentative from .Monroe County. All
of the above men can be reached by
wire or letter at Forsyth, Ga.
“Why did Mr, Brown need S4O
each from his various inspectors
while the Legislature was in session
in 1925 to fix things? Was it to de
feat the distillation bill which carried
with it-the reduction of oil inspectors
to six? And just how much money did
they raise by these methods and
where did they use it and place it?
“Come on, Mr. Brown, let us have
this information. You cannot disprove
the charge .that I have just made.
Tell ns how the money was used and
by whom.
“I wish to ,say that I am making
no promises of any appointments I
might make should I be elected, nor
am I making any promise as to who
shall remain as .employes of this de
partment.'”
HIGHWAY METHODIST CHURCH
REPORTS GREAT REVIVAL
We closed a great revival at our
new church last Friday night. Rev.
J. E. Ward did the preaching and his
messages were very inspiring. I wish
to' thank all for their kindness and
cooperation, especially the good sing
ers and Miss Annie Ruth Jossey and
Mrs. Alma Byars for their beauti
ful music. We will have services every
Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock. Every
body is invited to come and worship
with us. T. J. Wilson, Supt., Forsyth
Cotton Mill.
CHCKEN SUPPER TO BE
GIVEN AT MOUNT PLEASANT
A chicken supper will be given at
Mount Pleasant Baptist church
Thursday night, July 22. The sup- ;
per will be for the benefit of the
church and the public is cordially in- ;
vited, ।
MACON BOYS HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
EFFORT OF YOUTHS TO MAKE
TRIP TO FORSYTH AND RE
TURN IN 60 MINUTES ENDS
WITH SERIOUS RESULTS.
The following account of an au- :
tomobile accident which occured at
Bolingbroke Sunday afternoon is ■
taken from the Macon Telegraph:
Five young men of this city were
injured, one perhaps fatally, at 6:30
o’clock Sunday afternoon when a
Nash car being driven at high speed
turned over twice in front of the
Bolingbroke railroad station, twenty
miles north of here.
R. L. Lewis, of Atlanta, passing
the scene just after the accident,
brought the injured to the Macon
hospital.
Paul Collins, 16, employed by the
Southern Bell Telephone Company,
as stock clerk, has a fractured skull
and severe bruises. He is the most
seriously injured. Collins resides at
1520 Third Street.
C .B. Sullivan, 19, Appleton Ave
nue, who was driving the car, has a
broken thigh and severe bruises.
H. R. Spillers, 17, of 319 Maple
Street, has bruises about the head.
S. E. Hadaway, 16, of 267 Wash
ton Avenue, also' has bruises about
the head. •
Harry Kimbrew, 17, of 135 Ross
Street, is suffering from body bruises
and was taken to his home.
Sullivan, the driver of the car, said
the young men were en route to For
syth at the time of the accident. He
said that he lost control of the car
when he struck a sand bed in front
of the railroad station at Boling
broke.
The Nash touring car was rented
by the boys for one hour, according
to Mrs. Mabel Massey, who operates
a car rental agency on Second Street,
near the courthouse.
: The boys apporently were trying
: to reach Forsyth in thirty minutes
s and then hoping they could return to
■ Macon in another thirty minutes, to
, keep within the hour’s time allowed
i them.
Forsyth is nearly thirty miles from
I the courthouse.
■ Persons who reached the scene of
the accident said that the automobile
। was thirty-five feet from the high
i way when it turned over the second
time.
Collins was unconscious when pick
ed up and all of the boys badly
it,
MRS. BLOODWORTH INTER*
RED IN FORSYTH CEMETERY
The following concerning the death
and funeral of Mrg. C. M. G. Blood
worth, a former citizen of Monroe
county is taken from the Atlanta
Journal:
Funeral services for Mrs. C. M. G.
Bloodworth, 69 years old, of 38 Al
bemarle Avenue, who died Mon
day afternoon at a private sanita
rium after an illness of several
months, were held Tuesday afternoon
from the residence, with Dr. J. W.
Quillian officiating. The remains
were taken Wednesday morning to
Forsyth for interment.
Mrs. Bloodworth was a native of
Monroe county, and came to Atlanta
about six years ago from Clarks
ton, Ga. She is survived by her
husband; one son, W. P. Bloodworth;
two daughters, Mrs. R. L. Grier, of
Lumpkin, Ga., and Mrs. R. C. Smith,
of Clarkston; three sisters, Mrs. J. T.
Newton of Madison, Ga.;*Mrs. Annie
Gresham, of Griffin; and Mrs. W. J.
Cooper, of Atlanta; three brothers,
J. J. and H. H. Childs, of LaGrange,
and C. G. Childs, of Atlanta. 1
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BREAKS ARM CRANKING CAR ,
Brown Coulon, a youthful employe ;
in Willingham’s garage, suffered a
severe injury early Sunday morning
when an automobile he was cranking 1
at the garage backfired and the crank 1
struck him on the wrist. t
FUNERAL OF S. H. ZELLNER
HELD AT BAPTIST CHURCH
The funeral of Mr. S. H. Zellner
was held at the Forsyth Baptist
church Friday afternoon, being con- <
ducted by Rev. George Brown of
Milner assisted by Rev. J. A. Drewry
of Griffin and Rev. C. W. Hender
son of Forsyth and interment was
in the Forsyth cemetery.
Mr. Zellner was 73 years of age
and was widely known and popular ,
throughout the county. He passed 1
away Thursday morning, July 15, at ]
the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. K. ,
Rhodes, after an illness of several |
weeks. While Mr. Zellner made his |
home on his farm with his son, C. i
H. Zellner, he became ill on a visit
to his daughter nearly four weeks .
ago, the illness terminating in his
death.
Mr. Zellner was one of the first
men in Middle Georgia to exploit the
pecan, which was an untried industry
at that time. He was also one of the
first to set an orchard in peaches in
this section, when that industry was
much smaller than it is today. Com
ing from a rugged pioneer stock, he
despised the things that discounted
honesty and uprightness, and he
probably administered more estates
than any other man in the county.
Mr. Zellner was a consistent mem
ber of the Shiloh Baptist Church
where for many years and up to his
death he was a deacon. He is surviv
ed by a daughter, Mrs. W. K. Rhodes;
four sons, J. K., Dave P., Clyde H.,
and George Zellner; a brother, J. N.
Zellner; Mrs. Ida Dent, a sister, re
sides at Roberta.
AUTO TAG MAN VISITS
MONROE COUNTY
An agent of the State Highway De
partment, whose duty it is to aid in
the enforcement of the automobile
tag law, was in Forsyth last week
and found that there were a
number of cases which the
law was was not being ob
served. While here he collected con
siderable sums of money from citi
zens who had not purchased tags and
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who were operating private trucks
and cars with dealer’s license tag.
It is reported that he relieved one
man of nearly $60.00. He was evi
dently an advocate of the pay-as-you
, go plan of road building.
ONLY MORNING SERVICES AT
METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY
The usual service will be held at
the Forsyth Methodist church Sun
day morning but the evening service
will be omitted, it is felt that this will
meet the approval of the congrega
tion on acount of the vacation season
and the hot weather. Rev. T. M. Sul
livan, the pastor, will begin a revival
at Marvin Methodist church Sunday
night. '
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REVIVAL SERVICES TO
BEGIN AT FAIRVIEW SUNDAY
The revival at Fairview will begin
Sunday, July 25. The pastor will
do the preaching and all are urged
to attend these services. If this
meeting is to be a success, each one
must cooperate and do his best. Will
you do this? JAMES E. WARD.
BAPTIST CHURCH
C. W. Henderson, Pastor
Sunday School—E. W. Banks,
Superintendent—9:4s. Great Lesson.
Pastor will preach at eleven o’clock
hour. B. Y. P. U.’s will meet at 7:30
p. m. We hope our study course may
mean much to the work of our young
people.
At 8:00 p. m. Rev. L. B. Harvey
will preach. Give him a good hear
ing. The pastor is in a meeting with
Bro. C. C. Heard at Paran this week. (
Pray for our meeting. The pastor .
will be in a meeting next week at j
Cabaniss. Will preach there at 3:00 (
p. m. Sunday and also Sunday night. .
Pray for our meeting at Cabaniss ,
also.
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One man has been run over twice
by the same auto. A sad condition, j
Evidently there aren’t enough pedes- ]
trains to go around any more. 5
NUMBER TWENTY-THREE
CULLODEN FIGHT
CAUSES RIOT CALL
SHERIFF, DEPUTY, CITY AND
COUNTY POLICEMEN RUSH
TO CULLODEN WHEN REPORT
OF WILD WEST GUN PLAY IS
RECEIVED IN FORSYTH.
A remarkable tribute to the
prowess of Mr. Thomas Haygood and
brother of Culloden was paid lato
Monday afternoon when they got
mad and went after their victim with j
the result that a telephone call for
help was sent to Forsyth. Somehow
the report got out that there was a
riot arid wholesale massacre in pro
gress in the fair city of Culloden.
Haste was made by Sheriff Bittick,
Chief of Police Jackson, County
Policeman Bowden and Deputy Sher
iff Waits to load themselves up with
weapons of warfare and get to the
gory scene before that populous
suburb of Forsyth was entirely laid
waste.
‘ When the well armed law enforce
ment squad of the county and muni
cipality arrived it was found that a
dispute has arisen over a peach crate
transaction and that there was no
material from which to fashion a list
of fatalities. .The disagreement had
arisen between Mr. Thos. Haygood
and brother and Mr. Clifford Holmes.
A lot of language was employed but
not enough action to make the affair
at all thrilling. The Haygood broth- , J
ers were adjudged at fault and one
was arrested and brought to Forsyth,
but both are now out under bond.
FORSYTH LIBRARY STRIVES
AFTER RECORD j
1 The next meeting of the Georgia.
> Library Association will be held in
t Savannah in April. In connection
! with that meeting a contest has been
3 arranged for libraries having an
. appropriation of less than $12,000.
. According to the terms of the co^
_ test a scholarship will be awarded to
] the librarian of one such library
s which makes the best record for the
. year 1926 or for the fiscal year. Th?
e libraries will be graded according to
_ per capita circulation, per cent of •
. non-fiction in adult circulation, per
centage of school children enrolled
as borrowers and increase in appro
priation for 1927.
' The Forsyth Library has made a
t good record in each of these depart
- ments and is going to make a strong
b effort to win the scholarship. Com
-1 mittees have been appointed to look
- after the progress of the library ui;-
1 der each point counting in the con
- test and a canvass for funds will be
1 made. The library particularly
r needs funds in order to grow and
meet its opportunities for service.
While the library is open and free
to the entire county, which is not the
case in even many cities, an oppor
tunity will be given those who wish
to enroll as financial supporters of
the library. There will be a mit ■
box in the library to be used by tho.
who are not called on by the com
mittee. Whatever the people feel
like advancing for this cause will W
an investment in better citizehship
for the county.
The making of a fine record in
this contest wil not only add to the
usefulness of the library but will also
put the institution in line for a
Carnegie building and appropriation
which would be a great blessing to
the county.
NEW DENTAL OFFICE
WILL BE OPENED HERE
Dr. Edwin C. Pound will open a I
dental office in one of the offices
above the Ford place next week, the
latest dental equipment being install
ed there now. Dr. Pound is a gradu
ate of the Southern Dental College
in Atlanta where he made a fine re
cord and comes to Forsyth highly re
commended. He is a nephew of Dr.
Jere Found of the State Normal Col
lege and has a number of relatives in
Forsyth where he will find a cordial
welcome.