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The Monroe Advertiser
VOLUME SEVENTY-TWO
SUPERI^hrt
CONVENES MOhim/
DOCKETS ARE LIGHT AND A
SHORT SESSION IS EXPECTED
BY COURT OFFICERS. GRAND
AND TRAVERSE JURORS.
The Monroe Superior Court will
convene Monday for the August
term. It is probable that court will
be in session for only a few days as
there is not a great deal of business
to be transacted. Judge G. O. Per
sons will preside and Solicitor F. B.
Willingham will represent the state.
The following is a list of the grand
and traverse jurors:
Grand Jurors
J. W. Godard, Jerry Cox, T. N.
Davies, Homer Hardin, W. H. Da
vis, Paul Maddox, L. S. Hoard, B. T.
Banks, H. T. Fitzpatrick, L. P. Good
wyne, J. P. Sutton, A. J. Wilson, Sr.,
P. B. Maynard, J. H. Fletcher, W. B.
King, R. T. Abernathy, H. W. Free
man, F. N. Wilder, J. T. Banks, P.
L. Williamson, B. F. Harrison, Cary
M. Davis, B. H. Clements, W. W.
Wright, J. M. Johnson, Oscar
Vaughn, L. A. Freeman, Geo. S. Mar
tin, Jno. F. McGee, H. B. Harrison.
Traverse Jurors—First Week
J. T. Ponder, Homer Ponder, Jno.
T. Stephens, J. J. Haygood, Sr., C.
C. Maynard, G. R. Davis, Early T.
Grant, G. V. Timmons, W. E. Eth
ridge, G. W. Ivey, W. A. Smith, T.
H. Ham, E. C. Bowdoin, T. M. Hay
good, T. R. Talmadge, Leon Jackson,
T. E. Johnson, W. H. Lunsford, J.
A. Coppedge, J. F. Pierson, A. J.
Wilson, Jr., G. W. Thornton, R. N.
Tingle, M. P. Bloodworth, C. D. Har
rison, T. W. Duncan, J. W. Peebles,
B. O. Childs, J. H. Norris, L. E. Tin
gle, H. G. Grogan, H. G. Holmes, G.
F. Jackson, C. E. Stuart, R. G. Mc-
Gowen, C. L. Tucker, R. L. Holloway,
I. S. Bailey, C. W. Ensign, H. B.
Zellner.
Traverse Jurors—Second Week.
C. C. Lunsford, J. B. Moore, C. D.
Hollis, W. D. Thurmond, J. P. May
field, I. R. Ivey, T. C. Pritchett, G.
P. English, W. H. Hickman, J. S.
Jackson, E. A. Corley, A. D. Vaughn,
B. W. Jenkins, C. L. Edwards, J. R.
Goodwyne, A. F. Roquemore, C. J.
Childs, Paul Whatley, G. R. Barfield,
Wallace Waldrep, Jno. A. Tingle, J.
M. Zellner, J. E. Ballard, U. S. Ful
ler, L. A. Ponder, E. S. Tucker, W.
P. Goodrum, H. H. Hardin, H. C.
Waldrep, J. W. Johnson, J. P. Greg
ory, W. K. Abercrombie, C. H. Zell
ner, W. S. Boatwright, Joel H. Har
rison, R. L. Smith, Jr., C. G. Hud
dleston, G. S. Abercrombie, Roy
Ham, R. C. Goolsby, Sr., R. S. Mack
ey, M. M. Stokes, R. C. Owen, W. H.
Dame, E. B. Bowdoin, Theo Rumble,
J. J. Martin, R. E. Watts, C. D. Dan
iel, Geo. W. Webb.
DR. GOOLSBY ANNOUNCES
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
Dr. R. C. Goolsby, Sr., has entered
the race for representative of Mon
roe county and his announcement
will be found elsewhere in this issue.
Dr. Goolsby is one of the substantial
and prominent citizens of the coun
ty and is widely popular among the
voters. He has served as mayor of
Forsyth and it was during his term
that the paving program went into
effect and he had much to do -with
this progressive feature of the growth
of the town. Dr. Goolsby is well
known throughout the county and in
dications are that he will have strong
support.
TEACHERS’ EXAMINATIONS
TO BE HELD THIS WEEK
The annual examination for the
teachers desiring to secure license
has been arranged by Supt. T. D.
Thurmond for Friday and Saturday,
July 30 and 31. The elementary ex
amination will be given Friday and
the high school examination Satur
day. Examination for the white
teachers will be at the grammar
school building in Forsyth and the
examination for negroes will be at
the negro A. & M. school.
MR. SCOTT URGES SUPPORT
FOR EUGENE TALMADGE
To the Editor of The Advertiser:
ng a farmer myself, as well as
feeling a keen interest in the welfare
of the farmers of my state, I am
wondering if the voters of Georgia
realize the dire necessity for mak
ing a change in the head of our state
agricultural department.
I am not familiar enough with the
workings of the office to go into de
tails in a criticism of this depart
ment. However, if only one-tenth
part of what is charged is true, the
citizens of this state should call a
halt in this wholesale squandering of
the people’s money.
It is painful even to have to refer
to the financial distress which is so
general among our farmers, and to
think that the money that should be
used for their walfare is diverted as
is being done is an outrage. I do not
believe these irregularities may be
corrected in any other way than by a
complete change in administration in
the Department of Agriculture—a
house-cleaning, if you please, from
attic to cellar.
I believe this change, much to be
desired, may be brought about by
placing at the head of this office
a former citizen of Monroe county,
Mr. Eugene Talmadge, now a resi
dent of Telfair county. Mr. Tal
madge operates a farm of some 1200
acres or more, having shipped from
his farm last year two carloads of
hogs and several cars of beef cattle,
in addition to the ordinary farm
crops produced. He comes from good
farmer stock, his father and both his
grandfathers being, in their day,
among the most thrifty and success
ful farmers of the county. His fath
er still has large farming interests in
this county.
In my judgment, we do not need
an intellectual prodigy at the head
of our agricultural department in
Atlanta, but a man of fair intelli
gence and education, of strict hon
esty, rigid economy, with sympathy
for our farmer folk. These qualifi
cations Mr. Talmadge possesses in an
unusual degree.
Let the citizens of Monroe county
especially rally to his support, thus
safeguarding their own interests and
honoring themselves in honoring him.
Yours for honesty and economy in
the administration of our govern
mental affairs, THOS. G. SCOTT.
MACON BAPTIST PASTOR
ACCOMPANIES OFFICERS
ON BLIND TIGER RAIDS
MACON, Ga.—Dr. William Russell
Owen, pastor of the First Baptist
church, accompanied members of the
police force here Friday in their dai
ly raids on places shuspected of dis
pensing illicit liquor.
In two places, Dr. Owen stated,
there was great activity as the pqlice
rushed in and the evidence indicated
he said that liquor was quickly pour
ed out of original containers.
No arrests were made during the
raids because no actual evidence was
obtained, the police reported. They
stated that bath tubs and wash tubs,
containing creolin, were found, and
into this they believed the stock of
liquor was poured as the officers en
tered. Dr. Owen stated that he got
a thrill out of the raids.
“The police are making life mis
erable for bootleggers,” Dr. Owens
stated.
HOUSE OF R. B. HUDGINS
IS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
Mr. R. B. Hudgins and family of
Smarrs had a narrow escape recent
ly when their home was struck by
lightning during a storm. The head
board and railing of one of the beds
in the home were torn up and one
of the brick pillars under the house
was demolished. It is probable that
the lightning rods on the house sav
ed it from greater damage, as the
rods were considerably torn up. Mr.
Hudgins and family were in a back
room of the home at the time of the
storm and were fortunate enough to
escape injury.
FORSYTH. MONROE COUNTY, GEORGIA, JULY 29, 1926,
SOLDIERS SAFE
IN TYREE STORM
FORSYTH TANK COMPANY WITH
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
FIRST INFANTRY MOV^D TO
FORT SCREVEN.
All the members of the thir
tieth Tank Company, of For
syth, which left Sunday for a
two weeks’ encampment at Ty
bee, are safe, according to a tel
egram from Dr. R. C. Goolsby,
Jr., to his father Wednesday af
ternoon. The news of the st«rm
raging at Tybee caused consid
erable uneasiness among rela
tives and friends .of the mem
bers of the tank company. i
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SAVANNAH, Ga., July 28.-t-The
One Hundred and Twenty-firsl In
fantry at Tybee has been ordend to
Fort Screven.
Because the Tybee camp is cover
ed with water and a number of {tents
have been blown down the regijnent,
which has been encamped there, was
early this afternoon ordered to go to
Screven. The troops will probably
stay there for the remainder of the
encampment period.
The entire camp site was covered
with water. At its deepest place? the
water was eighteen inches deep. Al
though the tents were double-pegged
many of them were blown down. The
soldiers had to leave them long be
fore the order to move to Ft. Screven
was issued by the officers. The trooj
ers first moved into the mess houses
and other wooden structures that had
been built for the use of the supp.y
units.
The officers at one time consider
ed moving the soldiers to the Hotel
Tybee.
The 10 o’clock Central of Georgia
train to the island was forced to nn
slowly because of the water on fie
tracks, which were covered practi<al
ly all the way. The moving train nude
ripples in the water. A survey of (he
island showed a fifteen-foot strdch
of the beach had been washed aVay
on the north end.
The tide was unusually high. Old
residents declared the tide to be the
highest in ten years. In front of the
pavilions the water is up on jthe
walks. These walks leading from the
train to the beach were also covered
with water.
The poles and ropes which desig
nated the surf safety zone for bith
ers were practically demolished.
All places of business were closed
and most of the people had left the
island this morning. The trains to
and from the island are running at
reduced speed because of the water
on the tracks.
A strong wind blew from the
northeast this morning.
At the washout on the automobile
road in Tyb’ee which occurred several
days ago, the breakers are rolling in.
The ocean is nearly up to several of
the houses on the north end of the is
land. At the surve of the Central of
Georgia Railway tracks at Lovell’s
station the tide has come in very
near the tracks.
MR. LLOYD HARP DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Mr. Lloyd Harp died suddenly at
his home near Forsyth Sunday after
noon. He was 88 year^ of age and
had been in feeble health for a num
ber of years. His last illness had
extended over a considerable period
and he was found dead in his room.
Mr. Harp was well known and highly
regarded in Monroe county. He was
a Confederate veteran and a native
of Tennessee, having moved to For
syth at the close of the War Between
the States during which he lost an
arm. He is survived by his daugh
ter-in-law, Mrs. L. M. Harp, and
one grandson, Frank Harp. The
funeral service were conducted at
the residence Monday afternoon by
Rev. T. M. Sullivan and interment
was in the Forsyth cemetery.
BROWN DENIES VET
WAS ASSESSED FEE
W. C. HOLLAND MAKES AFFL
DAVIT THAT NEITHER J. J.
BROWN NOR HIS EMPLOYES
SOLICITED “DONATION.”
ATLANTA, July 26. —J. J. Brown,
commissioner of agriculture, today
issued a statement, “to the people of
Georgia,” setting forth his explana
tion of charges that he had “assess
ed” a fee from Cobb Holland, of For
syth, “a* one-legged war veteran.”
This is the portion of Mr. Brown’s
statement dealing with that incident:
In reply to an article published in
last Sunday’s paper, July 18, 1926,
under the headlines of “Brown
challenged in open letter of Eugene
Talmadge,” we find the following
langauage:
Mr. Talmadge said, the only way
that we can judge the present and
future is by the past. Mr. Brown
cannot deny that in 1922 he assessed
Mr. Hillman five per cent of his
salary, together with the other em
ployees of his department, as his
campaign 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
expressed it to Mr. Holland. Mr.
Brown cannot deny that Mr. Holland
offered them a check for this S4O
and they would not accept it in the
form of d check, and Mr. Holland
had the check cashed and gave them
the money. Mr. Cobb Holland is the
son of ex-Sheriff Tye Holland of
Monroe County, and the information
I have above cited came from Mr.
Tye Holland to J. 0. Ponder, Clerk
of the Court of Monroe, Judge New
ton, Ordinary of Monroe County,
and J. M. Fletcher, Representative
of Monroe County. All of them can
be reached by letter or wire.”
In reply to the above statement
made by Mr. Talmadge I desire to say
that I have never assessed any per
son connected with the Department
at any time for any purpose one
penny. As to the contribution from
Mr. Cobb Holland, the one-legged
war veteran, I have never asked Mr.
Holland for one dollar for any pur
pose and have never authorized any
one else to do so. If he was ever
approached for one dollar it was
without my knowledge or consent,
and as proof of what I say I publish
herewith a letter written by Mr. Hol
land, without solicitation on my part,
and his signature is witness by a
notary public, and if Mr. Talmadge
is a gentleman of honor he will re
tract the statement that he has made
relative to Mr. Holland, so far as
I am concerned.
Mr. Holland’s letter is as follows:
“Forsyth, Ga., July 19, 1926,
J. J. Brown Headquarters,
Atlanta, Ga.
Gentlemen:
My attention has been called to
an article in a recent issue of the
Macon Telegraph, which is mislead
ing. This article states that one W.
C. Holland, a one-legged, World War
veteran, was called on by one of J.
J. Brown’s employees to contribute
to a fund which was Jo be used to
defeat certain legislation.
I want to' state that W. C. Halland
was never called on by J. J. Brown
or any of his employees to contribute
to any fund for any purpose.
It is my purpose to answer the
article within the next few days and
will send it to you so that you may
publish if you see fit.
Very truly,
(Signed) W. C. HOLLAND.
Witness:
W. W. McMullan, N. P.,
N. P. & Ex. Off. J. P.”
And thus another slanderous cam
paign canard is exposed.
Hundred of my friends to whom I
feel very grateful, have contributed
to my campaign for the purpose of
helping me fight just such falsehoods
as those hurled by Mr. Talmadge,
and the public will bear me witness
that these are the same old charges
we have met and successfully refuted
in former campaigns.—Macon Tele
graph.
G. A. PENNINGTON IS
CANDIDATE FOR COUN-
TY COMMISSIONER
Mr. G. A. Pennington announces
his candidacy . for county commis
sioner in this issue. Mr. Pennington
is at present chairman of the board
of commissioners and is serving the
unexpired term of Jas. A. Tribble,
resigned, to which he was elected by
the grand jury. During his term of
service Mr. Pennington has done fine
work and has received more than us
ual commendation from the people.
In cooperation with the other mem
bers of the board he has promoted
the paving of the highway, put the
minor roads in better shape than for
many years and has repainted and
renovated the courthouse. It is not
without wisdom that he states that
his record is his platform.
MRS. MAYS, MOTHER OF
REV. HENRY MAYS, TO
REST IN WEST VIEW
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma
B. Mays, 77 years old, who died Tues
day morning at the residence of
her son, Rev. Henry B. Mays,
pastor of the Inman Park Methodist
church, will be held from that
church Thursday morning at 10
o’clock. Dr. W. L. Pierce, presiding
elder, will officate, and interment
will be in West View cemetery.
Mrs. Mays first came to Atlanta
from Forsyth, Ga., in 1879, and for
many years was an active member
of the Trinity Methodist church. She
had been in bad health for nearly
twenty-five years, however, and had
not been capable of much activity
during that time. She was a woman
of high religious ideals, and her
cheerfulness during her years of ill
health was an inspiration to her
friends.—Atlanta Journal.
A. M. GARR IS CANDIDATE
FOR REELECTION
Mr. A. M. Garr is seeking reelec
tion as a member of the board of
county commisioners. Mr. Garr is
finishing his first term as commis
sioner during which time he has been
diligent in the service of the people
and has been conscientious in the
performance of his duties. He has
advocated the working of all the
roads and his candidacy will doubt
less meet with the approval of the
voters.
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ADVERTISER SETS A
PRINTING RECORD
The biggest week’s printing which
has ever been done in Monroe county
went through the presses of The
Monroe Advertiser last week. The
actual printing of practically S9OO
worth of job work was finished dur
ing the week and a considerable part
of the folding, stitching and padding
as well as other details of the work
was completed. All this was in
addition to getting out the paper as
usual. When it is realized that not
so many years ago $2,000 was con
sidered a fair volume of job print
ing for the annual output of the of
fice it can be readily seen that this
was a record week. Like practical
ly every other concern, the plant
may not be making any money, but
just look at the business it does.
HOLMES ANNOUNCES CANDI
DACY FOR FULL TERM
Mr. C. A.Holmes of Culloden is a
candidate to succeed himself on the
board of county commissioners. Mr.
Holmes succeeded Mr. J. H. Phina
zee, following his resignation. Dur
ing the time that he has been in of
fice he has rendered valuable ser
vice and has manifested his fitness
for the place. Mr. Holmes is a wide
ly known successful business man
and the people will doubtless be glad
of the opportunity to secure a con
tinuance of his services.
NUMBER TWENTY-FOUR
BROWN, TALMADGE
TO DEBATE AUG. 3
CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSION
ER OF AGRICULTURE FACE
EACH OTHER IN M’RAE NEXT
TUESDAY.
ATLANTA, July 26.—Eugene Tal
madge has notified Commissioner J.
J. Brown of acceptance of Mr.
Brown’s challenge for a joint debate
in Mcßae, the home of Talmadge,
and the acceptance fixes the date for
August 4. He further invites Mr.
Brown to continue the debate in
every Congressional District, includ
ing Mr. Brown’s home.
Commissioner Brown stated that
he would be unable to meet Mr. Tal
madge at Mcßae August 4, on ac
count of a previous engagement to
address the agricultural society in
Dawson, Terrell County, on that date,
at noon, and to deliver a political
speech at the same place at night.
He said, however, since he has an
engagement for a political speech in
Dublin, August 2 and will have to
come back through Mcßae, he can
arrange the debate for August 3, and
that he will so wire Mr. Talmadge.
The debate has been arranged to
take place on August 3, thereby giv
ing the voters who attend a regular
old-time political dispute.
When informed this morning that
Mr. Talmadge had accepted the chal
lenge, Mr. Brown said:
“I’m glad he has accepted it; I was
afraid he wouldn’t.”
Mr. Talmadge, in his letter to Mr.
Brown says:
“Allow me in behalf of the people
of Georgia, who are really interested
' in the Brown machine being defeated,
to thank you for your challenge to
me for joint debate. By your chal
lenge to me you admit that I am the
formidable candidate against you,
i and that I have made charges of a
1 vital nature against your administra
[ tion. You state in your challenge that,
the charges made by me are untrue,
and that I should retract them. Mr.
Brown, I will not retract any charge
that I have made against you. They
are true.
“You further bring charges against
me and my record in Telfair County,
i I will certainly give you an oppor
tunity to prove these charges. I ac
cept your challenge. You demanded
that our first debate be held
in Mcßae. Allow me to suggest that
we engage in debate in Mcßae, at
10 o’clock a. m. on August 4. I
further accept your challenge to
meet you in Elberton, and suggest
that you name the date for that de
bate.
“I would like very much for these
joint debates to be held in each Con
gressional District and, if you are
agreeable, our representatives will
confer on additional engagements.
Unless I hear from you to the con
trary I will assume that you will
meet me in Mcßae on August 4. As
suggested. p
Yours very truly,
EUGENE TALMADGE. •
No reference is made to either of
the other candidates being invited to
participate, except the recent state
ment by Mr. Brown that he would
refuse to meet Charles Stewart “any
where, at any time, for any pur
pose.” ,
SENATOR GEORGE WILL
SPEAK IN FORSYTH
The voters of Monroe county will
have the opportunity of hearing
Senator Walter F. George Tuesday,
August 10. He will deliver an ad
dress that day at 11 o’clock at the
courthouse. The address will be in
behalf of his candidacy for the office
of senator for which he opposed by
Judge R. B. Russell. Senator George
is well known as a man of ability and
eloquence and the people will doubt
less welcome this opportunity to hear
him discuss questions of interest to
the voters.
WEATHER FORECAST
Some rain may now fall.